Archive

Two long-standing experts in property have launched a service which they say will help letting agents retain and grow their client...

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

Rightmove is hosting a webinar tomorrow for owners and managers of lettings agencies, focused on growing their business to the maximum...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

A high profile lettings agency has backed a petition demanding the reinstatement of tax relief for landlords. Benham and Reeves says it...

The current higher interest rate environment and the temporary mortgage product withdrawals after the mini Budget will hurt future rental yields,...

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

Top letting agency suppliers are set to be honoured at this year’s Agent Rainmaker Live. The annual event includes an awards ceremony...

Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...

A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

More details have emerged of the long-term scheme to site Build To Rent homes at Transport for London tube stations and...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

A property management company is taking the unusual approach of suggesting to buy to let investors that they purchase properties with...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

Consumer organisation Which? says a handful of buy to let mortgage lenders have found a way of helping so-called ‘portfolio landlords’...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

A trade magazine and a national newspaper are reporting anger amongst landlords, tenants and housing groups following the discovery of a...

The ESTAS awards have a new main category sponsor - PropTech company OneDome.   The OneDome service, launched last month, provides free-to-use information...

The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...

Kate Eales has been appointed by Strutt & Parker as its new national head of lettings, moving across from Hamptons International...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

Landlords are looking to house tenants less likely to miss rental payments in order to minimise the impact of a number...

Private landlords’ confidence is at the lowest level since late 2006 according to market research company BDRC Continental, thanks to anti-buy...

Connells says that between December 2014 and December 2015 the number of valuations conducted for buy-to-let properties soared by 86 per...

Falling demand from financial services sector employees has seen the annual rental value growth in prime central London ease back to...

Investors with HMOs are better placed than other landlords to combat any financial damage caused by future interest rate rises. Analysis carried...

Landlords and letting agents are at risk of overestimating the profitability of Buy To Let investments by neglecting to take into...