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A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

Industry technology provider Reapit is holding a webinar tomorrow giving agents “an opportunity for savvy agents to unlock profits through tried...

London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...

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

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

A lettings industry mentor has issued a plea to agents to do more to protect their landlords’ livelihoods. Sally Lawson, founder of...

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

The Property Franchise Group has reported a bumper half year of trading with revenue at £13.2m and pre-tax profits up 11...

Lettings income has saved the bacon of franchise agency Winkworth after a sales slump hit profits.  A trading statement from the agency...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

The directors of Winkworth are warning shareholders of a challenging period thanks to higher and faster-raising interest rates - with only...

LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...

Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...

Propertymark’s showcase event this year is to be addressed by a person who is a chartered psychologist, neuroscientist, science communicator, author...

Rightmove says it’s helping to digitise the rental processes, making the process less fragmented and frustrating for agents.  In its trading statement...

Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...

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

The founder of a Barnsley based lettings and property management company is celebrating transforming his business - and winning an award...

A short trading statement from Stock Market-listed London agency chain Winkworth shows just how vital the lettings sector is to its...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...

Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...

What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...

Winkworth’s latest figures to shareholders show that sales revenues have slumped badly - but lettings have boomed for the moment at...

Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies.  It has...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

OnTheMarket says its innovations with partnerships in the lettings sector have played a part in its successful growth. In the 12 months...

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...

Celebrating 25 years of unbroken profits growth, Belvoir has revealed a massive annual hike in revenue for 2021. Group revenue increased by...

The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

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....

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...

A PropTech service says it wants to by-pass professional agents and cater just for self-managing landlords.  What’s more, it’s promoting the fact...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

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

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

Belvoir Lettings has continued its solid growth with a trading statement revealing a 40 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

A London property firm must repay no less than £60,000 in rent after a council obtained a Rent Repayment Order against...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...

Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...

The chief executive of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the lettings sector will be to blame for higher rent...

A trade body is claiming that armed service personnel who let out their homes whilst stationed away are being hit by...

Telford Homes says some of its massive 35 per cent growth in pre-tax profits over the past year is down to...