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A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

The relentless acquisition programme of the private equity-funded Lomond Group continues apace with another acquisition announced today - the second this...

One of the longest standing and best known lettings agencies in the south east has opened a new office in Esher.  Curchods...

Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

Home Counties agency Bridges today launches Platinum Homes, which it describes as “a bespoke sales and lettings service catering to premium...

Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

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

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

Grosvenor Billinghurst, the Surrey lettings agency that serves the towns and surrounding areas of Cobham, Claygate and Hinchley Wood, is now...

The Stirling Ackroyd Group says it’s delivered 20 per cent revenue growth alongside the opening of five lettings and sales offices...

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

The Propertynest lettings and sales agency is expanding into Yateley in Hampshire.  This follows the recruitment of experienced agent Mark Holloway into...

A lettings and sales agency called Propertynest is offering franchise opportunities for those wanting to set up their own business. Headquartered in...

It’s been reported that the lettings book owned by a long-standing agency has been sold to a rival firm. A message on...

With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

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

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

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...

A new PropTech tool tells users how much it would cost to rent a house in various areas for a ‘lifetime...

High end agency Knight Frank is reorganising a regional lettings division in a bid to create a ‘hub’ system which should...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...

The average asking rent across the UK - excluding London - rose by just 0.7 per cent in 2017 according to...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...

Romans - part of the leading property company, The Leaders Romans Group - is on the acquisition trail again.    Between 2013 and...

The director of a lettings company has been banned from holding company office for eight years following the revelation that he...

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...

Humberts has announced the setting up of a new lettings department to be headed by a former Countrywide branch manager.   Suzanne Diamond has...

A convicted Surrey letting agent who used his clients’ money to cover his business debts has been ordered to pay £25,000...

A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...

Curchods, the privately-owned, 21-branch Surrey agency which also trades as Burns & Webber, has acquired Aspire Management Services Surrey Ltd, an...

Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...

The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...

New research by an online property lending company reveals that those towns which were strongest in voting ‘Leave’ in the EU...

Kate Eales has been appointed by Strutt & Parker as its new national head of lettings, moving across from Hamptons International...

Connells has made a key appointment to drive the growth of its lettings division in the south of England.  Stuart Cornwall, who...

A study published by the GMB union claims that London’s well-documented high private rents are now leading to other steep rises...

Louise Griffiths, currently a board member on the Association of Residential Letting Agents, has joined Romans as director of the agency’s...

The Romans Group - which made seven acquisitions of independent agencies in 2015 - has appointed a new lettings managing director. Michael...

Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings, London’s largest independent letting agency, has opened its 14th office. It's in Surrey Quays and is the agency’s...

Two rogue landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street have...

A letting agent who fled Britain to India, leaving landlords and tenants out of pocket and his staff’s wages unpaid, has...

Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...

The Romans Group has snapped up Meldrum Salter Edgley letting and estate agency in Guildford following its recent acquisition with James...

A letting agency chain is claiming to be London’s largest independent letting agent after opening its 13th office. Benham & Reeves Residential...

A £212,900 property in Surrey which was advertising on a crowdfunding platform at 3pm was fully funded by 3.35pm, it is...

Rightmove says it has identified the 20 most expensive rental locations in the UK outside of London - and surprise, surprise,...

Gareth Styles of Grants Independent Estate Agents, Woking writes: When considering opening a new office in Woking Surrey I met with several...