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KEYWORD "Sunday Times" - 31 RESULTS
Controversial ex-Housing Secretary to run for Conservative leader

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

26 July 2024

From: Breaking News

40 Not Out! Valerie celebrates four decades in lettings

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

19 July 2024

From: Breaking News

Labour Housing Plans hitting the ground running after Thursday

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

02 July 2024

From: Breaking News

Foxtons To Be Sold? Media speculation grows

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

15 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Tax Grab - rental sector may not be viable warns Propertymark

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

04 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Tax Raid planned on rental sector in Budget - report

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

03 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Foxtons Up For Sale? Shareholders put board under pressure

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

20 November 2023

From: Breaking News

EPC changes to rental properties to be ‘relaxed’ - Gove

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

23 July 2023

From: Breaking News

New EPC every three years, suggests accreditation scheme

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

02 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Are EPCs reliable for estimating energy efficiency?

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

28 February 2023

From: Breaking News

High profile lettings supremo takes new role at agency group

The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...

13 February 2023

From: Breaking News

allAgents removes ‘endorsements’ by national newspapers

The allAgents review website has removed a claim suggesting it had been ‘endorsed’ by The Times and the Sunday Times newspapers. The...

23 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency grows SW London network with 10th residential lettings branch

An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...

28 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Generation Rent leader to speak at ARLA Propertymark conference

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...

09 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Airbnb pledges to identify professional landlords using platform

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

10 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Nick Lyons, CEO of No Letting Go

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

10 March 2020

From: 60 Second Interview

Short lets management firm scrambling for investors - claim

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

24 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Foxtons denies bait-and-switch after tenant couple rent “dud” flat

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

23 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Sunday Times ‘top 100 firms’ award for TDS

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

22 February 2019

From: Breaking News

Party conference season – what was said about the rental market?

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

06 November 2018

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Lodger dodgers and Airbnb landlords may be targeted in Budget

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

15 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Government tipped to announce tax breaks in return for longer tenancies

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

08 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Countrywide announces resignation of leading lettings figure

Countrywide has announced that Dan Channer - a well-known figure in the lettings industry generally, and managing director of Oxford-based Finders...

22 March 2018

From: Breaking News

Iain Duncan Smith to join panel of experts at industry event

Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...

13 June 2017

From: Breaking News

Five-office agency's latest acquisition takes it to new territories

Lenwell Property Services, a five-office lettings agency in the Home Counties, is spreading its wings into Hertfordshire with the acquisition of...

10 March 2017

From: Breaking News

Website launches £100 'viewing assistant' service for renters

The Movebubble digital rental service is launching a 'virtual assistant' facility - a person who will use a scooter to attend...

09 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Grainger to offer tenants six-month to three-year Build To Rent leases

The new chief executive of Grainger has started setting out her company’s Build To Rent strategy. Helen Gordon has told the Sunday...

25 January 2016

From: Breaking News

New stamp duty may redraw buy to let investment map says Countrywide

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

07 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Government U-turn on longer private sector tenancies

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...

17 August 2015

From: Breaking News

Labour's Burnham plans to seize unfit rental properties

A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...

29 June 2015

From: Breaking News

Calls grow for an end to buy to let tax breaks

Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...

22 June 2015

From: Breaking News

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