Archive

Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked  REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...

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

Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...

An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...

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

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

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

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

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

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

A lettings service called Smarter Rent is partnering with agents and developers to provide what it calls ”“an innovative property rental...

Landlords in England and Wales have seen their rental portfolio income increase by 8.7 per cent in the past year.  That’s according...

A lettings service called Smarter Rent claims to be “an innovative property rental agency with a difference” which lets high quality...

A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

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

Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

Prominent industry figure Jonathan Rolande says: “It is hard to see why anyone would still want to buy to let given...

Rents across Greater London are up 21 per cent year-on-year according to the Home property website, which prepares a mon they...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

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

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

Annual rental growth strengthened for the third month running, with average rents up 7.9 per cent across Britain on the same...

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

The vexed subject of letting agents and landlords preparing for the Making Tax Digital regime is to be examined in a...

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

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

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...

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

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

The sales director of a property investment firm says high house prices, rising interest rates and the broader cost of living...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

Foxtons has this morning announced the acquisition of two smaller agencies to expand its lettings portfolio. It has bought Gordon & Co...

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...

A guide has been launched to help letting agents put empathy at the heart of customer care and ensure customers benefit...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...

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

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

Propertymark wants agents to come forward with examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement...

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

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

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

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

A former employee at the Staines-upon-Thames office of lettings agency Martin & Co has returned – as the branch’s new owner. Doreen...

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

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio.  Auxesia offers affordable shared...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

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

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...