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A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

One of Northern Ireland’s fastest growing agencies has acquired one of the longest running property firms in South Down and established...

Southampton council has approved a big new Build To Rent scheme on the site of a disused gasworks. Hawkstone Properties Ltd and...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

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

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy.  The branch is the sixth Belvoir...

The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of its virtual office covering Stockbridge,...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

The pace of rental growth cooled in May, with the average rent on a newly let home in Britain rising 9.1...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

A Midlands-based agency is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. Sheldon Bosley Knight has launched the...

Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

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

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

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

The Acorn Group has opened its 40th branch - and it says it’s on the look-out for new acquisitions, including those...

Shocking figures have emerged regarding the long-running problems caused by banks demanding that agencies have a designated client account for each...

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

Winkworth has expanded its presence in London with the opening of a new Maida Vale office following the acquisition of an...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...

Chancellors Estate Agents is opening its 57th branch early in the New Yesr. The office is in central Basingstoke and will offer...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...

Midlands estate agency Webb’s is expanding its operations after opening a new office in Lichfield city centre. The agency already has offices in Cannock,...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

A student accommodation provider has been granted planning consent to turn a building in central Leeds into a 350-bed purpose-built block. Study...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Brown & Co’s new regional hub has opened in Lincoln, which will be the new base for the company’s team relocated...

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group.  Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...

Canopy, a firm that says it wants to eliminate rental deposits in the next five years, has won a £50,000 cash...

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

A PropTech product is claiming a breakthrough for letting agents who can now access same-day referencing on prospective tenants. LetAlliance claims that...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time.  This...

One of Britain’s best known lettings agents has hit back at a journalist’s claims that the industry is in danger of...

Loveitts Estate Agents says it is “extending its reach” with the opening of a new expanded office in Nuneaton. The move to...

The campaign against the phased reduction in landlords' mortgage interest tax relief is continuing with the opening of a new website,...

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...

A London council has set up a system to allow council tenants to buy into a shared ownership scheme which it...

A Bairstow Eves letting agent who stole over £21,000 in tenants’ deposits over two years to pay her own payday loan...

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

A student accommodation specialist is warning about the potential pitfalls of investing in individual student rooms or small pods as opposed...

Six letting agents have all pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud. The Ham & High says they were all employees of...

The Guardian newspaper has taken a perhaps-predictable swipe at letting agents and property portals for the way in which they display...

Connells Residential is launching its first ever event for property investors - Invest Fest, in Birmingham next week.   The agency chain has...

Landlords of residential properties in high risk flood areas should look at minimising their risks now rather than be left at...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

Around 40 developers, property consultants and block managers have sent an open letter to the new government - being elected today...