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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...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

Johns&Co, an agency specialising in property investment and asset management, is expanding into a new territory - Manchester. Since its establishment in...

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

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

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

The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...

Propertymark has backed the idea of a new property tribunal system for Wales to simplify court processes. The proposal merges nine current...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

A law firm says the Renters Reform Bill is driving buy to let investors to quit because of their fears over...

New research reveals that there is an estimated £21.4 billion worth of holiday homes in England and Wales with the South...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

A buyer has been announced for part of the lettings portfolio of Purplebricks, it has been announced today. The deal, finalised for...

Small franchise agency Propertynest has expanded into Guildford with a new franchisee offering lettings and sales to the town and its...

Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...

A lettings agency says it’s vital that the government reconsiders the new laws and regulations seen as attacking landlords. The Leaders Romans...

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

The owner of a property in the Leicestershire village of Great Dalby has been fined after removing two trees within a...

Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

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

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...

The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...

The Lettings Candidate of the Year has been named by Propertymark Qualifications, at an awards event at the British Museum. The successful...

B-hive Block Management Partners has been chosen by a senior industry figure to launch her own block and estate management venture,...

A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...

Belvoir says that during the six months to the end of June income increased 11 per cent on the year before,...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

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

Proceedings against a bankrupt letting agent have been delayed 10 weeks to allow mental health reports to be prepared.  Madelaina Eftekhari is...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and the Institute of Residential Property Management have been merged under the name The Property...

A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

Bowmark Capital is selling its Leaders Romans Group, one of the UK’s largest property services groups, to another private equity operator, Platinum...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and The Institute of Residential Property Management have informed their respective memberships that they are pondering combining forces. The...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

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

A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

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

The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony.  Traditionally...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

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

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

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

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...