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

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...

More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

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

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

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

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

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

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

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

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...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform.  The integration within TecLet claims to save...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the weak figures posted for 2022 are actually in line with management expectations. The franchise giant...

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

Revenue from property taxes in Scotland has dropped significantly so far this year, according to a prominent lettings agency.  DJ Alexander Ltd...

Foxtons has this morning confirmed that it’s acquired a rival London lettings agency. It has snapped up Atkinson McLeod for £7.4m: Foxtons...

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

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

The tax on property purchased in one part of the UK has reached a new record figure - and a top...

Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants...

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

Lettings platform Vouch and cloud-based software service Alto are teaming up for a webinar. The aim is to offer agents a route...

The Property Franchise Group - which includes a host of High Street brands - saw a rise in managed properties of...

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...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

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

Propertymark has entered into a deal with a PropTech firm to help it grow in Scotland. The partnership will see Homesearch collaborate...

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

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

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...

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

Rightmove says added functionality for its tenant referencing portal is now being tested and will be rolled out later this year. In...

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

The integration of the lettings division of London agency Douglas & Gordon into the lettings wing of Foxtons will happen next...

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...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...

OnTheMarket now owns PropTech firm Glanty outright. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet, a cloud-based lettings software service. Glanty's revenues grew...

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

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

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

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,...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance.   It’s the latest in...

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

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...

The majority of letting agents have lost up to 20 per cent of their revenue because of the fees ban -...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

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

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...

Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...

There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...

A London agency has reported that its lettings revenues increased by a fifth during August. ludlowthompson's lettings revenue increased by 20% year-on-year...

Franchise agency MartinCO's revenue increased by 12% in the first half of 2016, it announced yesterday in its half-year trading update. Overall...

Franchise estate agency Winkworth has reported its figures for the first half of 2016, noting a particularly strong performance in its...

Belvoir Lettings, which operates over 210 outlets across the UK, has seen its pre-tax profit surge beyond £2m at Belvoir Lettings. In...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...