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Some of the richest people on the world, who use London as one of their bases, are choosing to rent rather...

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences.   As...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

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

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...

My Property Box – a North East-headquartered lettings and sales agency – has struck a multi-million pound private equity deal for it...

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

An insurance firm’s analysis of official figures show there are now no fewer than 760,821 vacant properties in England, Scotland and...

Propertymark has named its new ARLA leaders for the year ahead. They are:  - Vice President ARLA Propertymark: Kim Lidbury; - Vice President NAEA...

HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...

Work has started on yet another Build To Rent scheme - this time a £13m project in Nottingham. The project, on a...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive growth in all regions except Greater London, the UK’s largest rental market, where they continue...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

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

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

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

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

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

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

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

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

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

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

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

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...

A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

A marketing expert is encouraging agents to invest more time and money in digital activities.  Richard Combellack, commercial product officer at PropTech...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

The Renters Reform Bill is being discussed by MPs this afternoon - although not as part of its long-running passage through...

London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...

A new PropTech product is being launched today following a year of research involving the Leaders Romans Group. Inventory Hive’s new diary-management/maps...

Chestertons - London’s oldest estate agency which is itself up for sale - has snapped up a small independent. It has acquired...

Zoopla has announced it’s hosting its quarterly market update next Wednesday, June 14, to discuss how agents can keep their business...

Agents wanting to get to grips with the Renters Reform Act are invited to a learning webinar hosted by Rightmove. It’s at...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

Propertymark has added inspection and 360° tour software provider Inventory Hive to its industry supplier list. Jason Lee, commercial manager at Propertymark,...

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

London’s rental season is gathering pace according to Chestertons, which says 15 per cent more tenants entered the market in March...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

New figures from London lettings agency Chestertons reveal that 10 per cent more tenants moved in February this year compared to...

Lettings agents will be able to book their exam this week for the new Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Letting...

Father and sons trio Kevin, Lewis and Tom Dudley have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s...

Paragon Bank says the proportion of landlords with tenants in arrears has fallen to its lowest level since 2017. The same applies...

Over half of all fraudulent tenancy applications involve fake or doctored pay slips, a PropTech firm claims. Goodlord analysed a sample size...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...

Habitans Lettings - just two years old - has purchased the long-standing Heywoods agency in Newcastle Under Lyme. Established in 1881, Heywoods...

Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...

Savills has promoted Sophie Candlin, a negotiator in its south west London Teddington office, to become its head of lettings. She takes...

Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...

ARLA Propertymark President David Votta and Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson are amongst a group of trade body figures who have...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

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

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

An agent operating an HMO on Deeside without a licence and breaking other housing laws has been fined £28,000. Flintshire council carried...

Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...

The Lomond Group has made another acquisition of an independent lettings firm, this time in the Midlands. Its John Shepherd brand has...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...