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Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...

Property industry supplier Iamproperty says some 670,000 students will likely be seeking private rental properties in the upcoming academic year -...

Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences.   As...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

It’s being reported that Lomond Group, the chain of lettings agencies owned by a division of Lloyds Banking Group, is likely...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired Alan Francis Estate Agents and Lettings Ltd, a Milton Keynes company which has operated in the...

Average rent arrears claims reached £2,092 in the second quarter of this year - a rise of 15% from £1,816 in...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

OnTheMarket has launched a new report giving details of real-time lettings activity in local markets across the country.  OTM says that there;’s...

An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

Holiday Cottage Handbook has launched a new podcast series - Bitesize - looking at the short-term rentals industry, and wants experts...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

A brief statement to the London Stock Market this evening has confirmed that Rightmove will, after all, carry OpenRent listings in...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up Norfolk rental operation Dragonfly Lettings, as part of what LRG describes as “a significant step”...

Leicester based student accommodation provider, Sulets - formally Student Union Lettings Ltd - has won a Platinum award from Investors in People.  Only...

A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

The Propertymark Trust is to help agents donate orphaned funds to support charitable causes, thanks to support from CRM suppliers across...

Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...

Deputy prime Angela Rayner will tomorrow unveil a new National Planning Policy Framework in a move that will strengthen requirements for...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

Actual lettings and sales clients were contacted during a training event led by a renowned property industry coach. Fine & Country hosted...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

Figures from the National House Building Council show that housebuilding is currently running at only half the rate the new Labour...

The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...

A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

Zoopla is now describing itself as ’the official data partner’ of the Channel 4 programme ‘Worst House on the Street’.  Its data...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

The Housing Secretary in the Welsh Government, Julie James, was one of several ministers to quit in yesterday's dramatic day of...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...

Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

The relentless acquisition programme of the private equity-funded Lomond Group continues apace with another acquisition announced today - the second this...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

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

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

Angela Rayner has been appointed Levelling Up Secretary with responsibility for housing - a role she has in addition to being...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

The major Scottish agency in the Lomond Group empire - DJ Alexander - has snapped up Sandstone Management and its lettings...

Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

New rules on renewing leases may take years to come into effect, a leading property lawyer warns. The Leasehold Reform Act became...

Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...

The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

The Property Energy Professionals Association - a trade group representing accreditation schemes for energy assessors - is complaining that it’s not...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

Two webinars between now and General Election Day will seek to explain what the manifesto pledges mean for the lettings and...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

The future of the UK lettings market will be determined by the July 4 election and now PropTech player Reapit |...

Lomond’s John Shepherd brand has acquired a small Birmingham lettings agency, Xact Lettings. No figure is given for the number of lettings...

An accountancy firm is warning those using Airbnb and similar short let platforms that new tax rules mean they could lose...

The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...

The franchisees of Martin & Co’s Rochdale branch have completed their first independent acquisition less than a year after taking on...

Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness.  Shelter has...

An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...