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Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...
20 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A brief statement to the London Stock Market this evening has confirmed that Rightmove will, after all, carry OpenRent listings in...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has admitted to shareholders that it’s to lose 8% of its lettings listing from next month - the equivalent of...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. New internal data from the company claims demand rose by 15%...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is rolling out displaying the new Material info Parts B & C fields on listings, following a number of months...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Student accommodation listings service StuRents has added three new hires as it expands. Chris Glen is the new head of customer success....
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members. HMLR launched a consultation last month as...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is hosting an Understanding Material Information for Lettings Agents on Thursday January 18 from 1230 to 1400. The National Trading Standards...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
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Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...
26 October 2023
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A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - can completely by-pass letting agents. It describes itself as a ‘dating service’...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise. A net balance of...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022. The agency’s...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...
05 July 2023
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The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...
16 June 2023
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OnTheMarket says it’s the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member. Available in 43 languages...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021. High...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
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22 November 2022
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An online lettings agency claims some properties are receiving up to 50 viewing requests - prompting landlords to pull listings to...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Knight Frank has partnered with accessible housing consultancy AccessiblePRS to improve access and inclusion in the UK’s private rented...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A floorplan supplier to the agency industry claims such plans lead to higher rents for comparable properties. However, the sample used by...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...