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This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...
16 February 2024
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A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
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A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
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A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
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A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...
30 June 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
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Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...
17 March 2023
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London property data business LonRes has launched an app. By downloading the app users can search for properties – for sale or...
25 November 2022
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A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...
21 July 2022
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The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...
08 December 2021
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A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...
23 July 2021
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The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before. Knight Frank says...
07 June 2021
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High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...
10 May 2021
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A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...
24 November 2020
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A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...
04 November 2020
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Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...
16 September 2020
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Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
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A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...
07 September 2020
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Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...
03 August 2020
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The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...
01 May 2020
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A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...
16 April 2020
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Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...
20 March 2020
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The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...
25 October 2019
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Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...
14 October 2019
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There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...
20 June 2019
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The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...
19 March 2019
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Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...
15 March 2019
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A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
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One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...
04 December 2018
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A London property firm must repay no less than £60,000 in rent after a council obtained a Rent Repayment Order against...
20 November 2018
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A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...
13 August 2018
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One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...
09 July 2018
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A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...
23 May 2018
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One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...
08 May 2018
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Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...
30 January 2018
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Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...
25 January 2018
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The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...
05 December 2017
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A London council is inviting letting agents in its boundaries to a briefing session tomorrow morning ahead of the introducing of an...
15 November 2017
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A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Research by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has identified that some 93% of local authorities have failed to issue a...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...
03 May 2017
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An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...
03 March 2017
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An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...
22 September 2016
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It appears that Wandsworth Council has backed away from a decision to implement a new landlord licensing scheme. Research by London Property...
08 September 2016
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Two training seminars geared towards letting agents operating in London are being organised for the autumn. Organised by the National Approved Letting...
24 August 2016
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Letting agents are being invited to join landlords and local authority rental housing experts in a Twitter debate on private rental...
12 May 2016
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A property company managing an HMO in prime central London has been £47,900. The fine is in relation to 24 charges under...
18 February 2016
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Transport for London - which last year admitted it may enter the fast-emerging Build To Rent sector - has listed 13...
05 February 2016
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Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News
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