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Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in a regional agency awards event. The winners of six...

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...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

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...

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

London lettings and sales agency Martyn Gerrard has this month celebrated 60 years of fulfilling the property dreams of those living...

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...

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

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

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...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

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...

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

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

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

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

Lomond has acquired the rental portfolio of a lettings agency operating in Greater Manchester.   Lomond snapped up the lettings book of Harvey...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

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

A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

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

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

An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

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

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

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

Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...

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

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

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

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

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...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows rents down over the past month, with voids inching up.  All seven English regions monitored...

The Lomond Group has further extended its footprint in North West England for its latest agency acquisition deal. Through its Thornley Groves...

A north west England lettings agency has expanded with a swoop on a Preston-based business. Keenans Group has acquired Letting Locations for...

The relentless expansion of Lomond Group continues apace with the acquisition of a Leeds-based independent, ERE Lettings. ERE’s 600 units under management...

Currently, the average void period across England is 16.8 days a year. With an average monthly rent of £940, equating to...

Prime London rental growth reached 14.0 per cent in the year to the end of September according to Savills, but the...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that  there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Some parts of London have recorded over 50 per cent of sales as second or additional properties. Research by lending firm Octane...

The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

Annual rental yields in England and Wales have dipped but tenant demand is set to stay strong for the rest of...

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition.  Hamza Anwar...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

Voids are at their lowest level since August 2019 while rents are on the rise, according to the latest Goodlord snapshot...

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...