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For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
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Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...
31 January 2024
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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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Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...
31 October 2023
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Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...
20 January 2023
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The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...
06 December 2022
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Small and medium sized lettings agencies which have had running disputes with banks are being offered a lifeline - but must...
21 November 2022
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As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...
17 November 2022
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Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...
07 November 2022
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PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...
13 September 2022
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Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...
12 August 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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New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...
11 April 2022
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The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...
06 October 2021
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A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...
16 August 2021
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We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...
03 June 2021
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A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...
11 May 2021
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Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
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An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively. Rentround...
10 December 2020
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Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...
13 October 2020
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It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...
17 June 2020
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The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...
24 March 2020
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Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...
04 December 2019
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There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...
28 November 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...
20 August 2019
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Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...
08 February 2019
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As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...
31 December 2018
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There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...
09 October 2018
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Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...
08 October 2018
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The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body. The Residential...
26 June 2018
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A TV station has gone public on revealing what it calls “the world’s worst lettings agency” - but it may not...
21 June 2018
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One of Scotland’s leading lettings and estate agencies, Galbraith, has given the thumbs up to a new tenancy process introduced north...
04 December 2017
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One of the most dramatic changes in the UK’s private rental sector regulations is set to take place in five weeks...
23 October 2017
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New figures compiled by the British Property Federation chronicle the continuing growth of Build To Rent across the country. The BPF says...
22 August 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has started work on a TV advertisement to highlight the importance of landlords instructing agents. The...
17 August 2017
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Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...
05 July 2017
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Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...
28 June 2017
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A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...
15 December 2016
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The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...
14 October 2016
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The Select Property Group has won planning permission for 506 residential apartments in a prime Manchester city centre location. The two buildings...
15 July 2016
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The government is being urged to delay the introduction of new energy efficiency targets in the private rental sector, with a...
18 May 2016
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Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...
05 January 2016
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No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...
31 December 2015
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Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...