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16 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...
30 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...
26 July 2024
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The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons. The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...
23 July 2024
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New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...
27 June 2024
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Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
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Asking rents continue to show positive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland. That’s according to respected property website...
14 March 2024
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Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...
07 February 2024
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A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 January 2024
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London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons. The average rent...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency. So far this...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...
16 February 2023
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A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A buy to let investment site has used Artificial Intelligence to identify 10 top property investment opportunities in 2023. Based on analysis...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons. It says that its...
28 September 2022
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Households living in rental properties across the North of England face the biggest financial headache from soaring fuel price rises, according...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
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The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A north of England agency is going green as it replaces its existing car fleet electric vehicles. The purchase of two Volkswagen...
23 February 2022
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A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months. Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...
05 March 2021
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The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units. Linley &...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
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New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...
01 August 2019
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Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...
01 July 2019
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University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...
21 June 2019
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New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
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A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...
08 April 2019
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A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...
03 April 2019
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An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...
06 March 2019
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The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...
05 February 2019
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A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos. Across Britain as...
21 January 2019
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The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester. The...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News
There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...
16 August 2018
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The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
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The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...
27 June 2018
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Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...
01 June 2018
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There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims. The broadcaster...
01 May 2018
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The UK Association of Letting Agents has revealed where voids are at their worst in the rental sector - and where...
11 April 2018
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Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance. Both cities enjoy average rental...
29 January 2018
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Surrenden Invest, which specialises in selling off-market new-build properties to buy to let investors, has opened an office in the north...
10 January 2018
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Countrywide claims that the proportion of landlords paying in cash for a property reached 61 per cent in January, the highest...
13 February 2017
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The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...
06 December 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association says it stands by a claim that one in four landlords may sell up, and it refutes...
21 November 2016
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Credit rating consultancy Experian says it is cheaper to rent than buy in 84 per cent of areas, while it's cheaper...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Sequre Property Investment says it has seen a five per cent increase in enquiries and a 12.4 per cent increase in...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News
National estate agency chain Leaders has announced the acquisition of two property businesses in the north of England. Yesterday it took over...
27 May 2016
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A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...
09 May 2016
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Mark Alcroft, the former managing director of Bridgfords Estate Agents, has joined Leaders with the aim of growing the business in...
03 March 2016
From: Breaking News
All regions of the UK will see falling owner-occupation levels and more private renting over the next decade, with particular rises...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News
A new portal has been launched to publicise possible student investment properties. At the moment it has under 30 properties, almost all...
10 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Who are you? Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...