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Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...

New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...

The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield.  Its latest acquisition of...

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards.  The search for the very best of...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its fourth business so far this year - and with it, hundreds of lettings...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

A regional agent with 3,500 properties under management has written a long letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove complaining about the...

Midlands-based property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its third business in five months. It’s snapped up Chipping Campden-based Andrew Greenwood Estate...

The fledgling Build To Rent trade organisation, called the UK Apartment Association, is setting up regional hubs. It’s already established ones in...

A survey of nearly 700 landlords by Paragon Bank found that 67 per cent experienced increased tenant demand during the first...

Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...

Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...

Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...

Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

A Midlands-based agency is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. Sheldon Bosley Knight has launched the...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home.   The figure - which...

After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...

Rental yields have increased by as much as 2.5 per cent in the past year as rent values outperform house prices.  The...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up an independent firm. It’s Coventry sales and lettings agency Robin Jones which brings just...

Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...

The Solihull branch of Hunters has acquired independent agency Searchers, which was set up back in 1995. Becki Dean, lettings director for...

Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors.  The...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...