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The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Olivia Firmin as Head of Lettings in its Wimbledon office. Firmin, already an associate in the...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has acquired the book of business of the Boococks agency as part of its West Yorkshire growth...

Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate.  Savills, and...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

The partners of high end agency and property consultancy Cluttons have announced the completion of a management buyout.  James Gray continues as...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Property consultancy Knight Frank is beefing up its super prime lettings team.  Amy Pritchard has joined as Senior Lettings Negotiator in the...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

The rental market in Prime London continues to suffer from a severe stock shortage according to recent data from property consultancy...

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...

A new director of lettings has been announced for an independent residential consultancy that helps high net worth individuals buy, sell...

New figures from property consultancy TwentyCi lay bare the challenges faced by the lettings sector. In the third quarter of 2022 new...

OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...

The residential arm of global property consultancy Knight Frank - one of the highest profile lettings services in the UK -...

A market snapshot of lettings in the second quarter of this year has described the supply shortage as “massively under-performing”. The comment...

The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

A high end agency brand says pricing in the rental market continues to rise because of demand exceeding supply - and...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...

The lettings sector has softened over the past year as the demand for urban living with shorter commutes has been replaced...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...

An online agency selling only buy to let units to would-be investors says it’s experiencing “positive growth” despite the challenges of...

Knight Knox, a property consultancy specialising in investment, has launched an online platform, yieldit, which aims to simplify the sale and...

Experts suggest that Build To Rent is likely to be heavily promoted when the government announces its latest revamp to the...

Property consultancy Dataloft has produced an index to monitor what it says are the four key factors behind buy to let investors'...

"A large proportion of 25 to 45 year olds will be permanent tenants rather than buyers" a senior economist has predicted.   Tony...

There have been falls in rents in some price ranges in London thanks to an oversupply of stock, according to lettings...

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

Investment into the country’s student housing market hit £3.98 billion in the first half 2015, well ahead of the £2.35 billion...

The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...

Landlords of residential properties in high risk flood areas should look at minimising their risks now rather than be left at...

An industry study reports that the average tenancy length is now almost three years. Property consultancy firm Allsop’s fifth annual Rent Check...

A property consultancy specialising in licensing regimes for privately-let properties says there have been 580 housing prosecutions in London under the...