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The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...
25 June 2024
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Southampton council has approved a big new Build To Rent scheme on the site of a disused gasworks. Hawkstone Properties Ltd and...
17 June 2024
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Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...
12 June 2024
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The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...
11 June 2024
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A £300m transformation of part of Glasgow is continuing apace following the completion of a 346-unit Build To Rent scheme. The scheme,...
05 June 2024
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Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...
30 May 2024
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The agency Centrick has been appointed to launch and operate a new multi-million-pound Build To Rent development in Leicester. Centrick will provide...
15 May 2024
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It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...
08 May 2024
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Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...
10 April 2024
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A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...
02 April 2024
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A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...
15 March 2024
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Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 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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Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...
16 February 2024
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Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...
13 February 2024
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A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
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New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...
02 February 2024
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Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
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The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
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A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...
05 January 2024
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Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...
22 December 2023
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Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...
24 November 2023
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Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...
17 November 2023
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Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...
15 November 2023
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David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...
02 November 2023
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A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...
18 August 2023
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Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket. Hosted by...
02 August 2023
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A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...
10 July 2023
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The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...
23 May 2023
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A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...
15 May 2023
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A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...
11 May 2023
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One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index. Indeed, the industry...
08 March 2023
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The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...
28 February 2023
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Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
28 February 2023
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A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...
31 January 2023
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Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...
11 January 2023
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The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
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A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...
01 September 2022
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A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
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A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
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The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
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A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
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Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
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Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...
25 April 2022
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An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...
07 April 2022
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Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...
07 April 2022
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High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...
05 April 2022
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Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...
28 March 2022
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The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
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A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...
14 March 2022
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New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
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New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
23 February 2022
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The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...
22 February 2022
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New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
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A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...
15 February 2022
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One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
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A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
30 December 2021
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Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
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There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...
24 November 2021
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Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...
18 November 2021
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PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...
01 November 2021
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New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...
29 October 2021
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Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...
19 October 2021
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Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...
18 October 2021
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The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...
24 September 2021
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Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
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There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
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Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...
19 August 2021
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Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...
30 July 2021
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A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...
28 July 2021
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Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
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British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...
23 June 2021
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Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...
26 May 2021
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The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...
11 May 2021
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Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...
26 April 2021
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A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year. The heiress, who...
24 February 2021
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There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...
22 February 2021
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Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users. The partnership with...
17 February 2021
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The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
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A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...
19 January 2021
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Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...
28 October 2020
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A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...
15 October 2020
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One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...
25 September 2020
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The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...
11 September 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
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