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05 July 2024
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The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
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Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...
28 June 2024
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Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...
26 June 2024
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Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...
24 June 2024
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In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...
06 June 2024
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Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy. The family-owned agency is...
23 May 2024
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A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
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Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
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Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...
17 April 2024
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Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
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A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
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Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...
08 February 2024
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A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...
02 February 2024
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Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...
23 January 2024
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Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
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Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
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The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...
02 January 2024
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Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
14 December 2023
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Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...
24 November 2023
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The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...
01 November 2023
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The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
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Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...
27 September 2023
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Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...
04 September 2023
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The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...
30 August 2023
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Police are encouraging letting agents and landlords to regularly check properties following the discovery on a cannabis factory. Police attended the address...
21 August 2023
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The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...
17 August 2023
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There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...
10 August 2023
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Property Academy guru Peter Knight has made an unusual revelation in a new podcast - he’s told of his link to...
18 July 2023
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The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...
13 July 2023
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Agents whose rental properties became workplaces during the pandemic are unlikely to see any major change in the situation soon. That’s because...
02 June 2023
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The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says. Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...
04 May 2023
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Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...
26 April 2023
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Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...
24 April 2023
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A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...
14 April 2023
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Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested. The most...
12 April 2023
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One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...
04 April 2023
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A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...
04 April 2023
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Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...
30 March 2023
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The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...
23 March 2023
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Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...
14 March 2023
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The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
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An agency is giving every one of its 600 full time employees a £750 one-off payment to help with the cost...
03 March 2023
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The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...
02 February 2023
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Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...
01 February 2023
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Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...
30 January 2023
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The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...
05 January 2023
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The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...
08 December 2022
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A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
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A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...
03 November 2022
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Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...
31 October 2022
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 2022
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Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...
06 September 2022
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An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...
26 August 2022
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Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...
10 August 2022
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Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...
03 August 2022
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Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
07 July 2022
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Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...
22 June 2022
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Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
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Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
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LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...
21 April 2022
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A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang. Agent Rainmaker - set up...
18 November 2021
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The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...
10 November 2021
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Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp - which aims to focus letting agents on the structure of their business whilst also breaking boards and...
28 October 2021
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Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...
25 October 2021
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Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...
15 October 2021
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‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...
13 October 2021
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Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...
20 September 2021
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The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...
17 September 2021
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One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...
23 August 2021
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Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...
12 August 2021
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A PropTech company has revealed what letting agent hate and love most about their work. On the plus side the RentProfile platform’s...
30 July 2021
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A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...
15 June 2021
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There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...
28 May 2021
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Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...
26 May 2021
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A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...
25 May 2021
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Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...
06 April 2021
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Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...
30 March 2021
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Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...
26 February 2021
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The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...
18 February 2021
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A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...
18 February 2021
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Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...
27 January 2021
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The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
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A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...
15 January 2021
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With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
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A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...
26 November 2020
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The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...
12 November 2020
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One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
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It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...
30 September 2020
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The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate. The...
07 September 2020
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Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
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A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...
04 August 2020
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A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...