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![Can traditional BTR learn from the successes of suburban BTR?](/upload/images/shutterstock_572192086(3).jpg)
We frequently read about how the traditional form of urban BTR has inspired the more recent model, suburban BTR. Our own...
29 June 2024
From: Features
![The rise of the op-co prop-co](/upload/images/shutterstock_1368984350(1).jpg)
In the first quarter of the year, the UK real estate investment market demonstrated resilience and active participation. Despite ongoing uncertainties,...
22 June 2024
From: Features
![Trio of new staff after agency makes 10th acquisiton](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
North East estate agency group My Property Box has welcomed Nicola Nicholson, Georgia Greenstreet and Georgia Richardson to its team following...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![London has lowest level of tenanted properties for buy-to-let investors](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20%20Weekend%20features%20-%20London%20has%20the%20lowest%20By%20Director%20of%20Benham%20and%20Reeves%2C%20Marc%20von%20Grundherr.jpg)
The latest research by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that while a rental property with a...
27 April 2024
From: Features
![Redefining retirement living: is the rental model the answer?](/upload/images/5%20Redifininf%20retirement%20living%20weekend%20features%20By%20Honor%20Barratt.jpg)
Britain is in the midst of a senior living housing crisis – according to CBRE, an undersupply of 614,000 mid-market senior...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![Troubled town halls face even tougher times](/upload/images/3%20---%20Proofed%20by%20Peter%20---%20Weekend%20feature%20Troubled%20town%20halls%20face%20even%20tougher%20times%20by%20Mark%20Edgerley.jpg)
The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...
06 January 2024
From: Features
![New family takes on Hunters’ flagship office](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
One of Hunters’ flagship North East offices is under new family ownership. Experienced landlord Thom Swalwell is Hunters’ new franchisee in Sunderland,...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top tips to promote the real value of your letting agency](/upload/images/3%20---%20From%20Cameron%20Peterr%20to%20proof%2018%20Nov%20IMAGE%20-%20Promoting%20the%20real%20value%20of%20your%20agency.jpg)
The role of a residential landlord has changed considerably over the years. What was once a relatively straightforward means of generating...
18 November 2023
From: Features
![City Living veteran agent returns to property world](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Will%20the%20post%20Christmas%20boom%20materialise%20this%20year%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A pioneer of the so-called City Living movement, trying to create more residential units in city centres, is returning to the...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Introducing BTR Suburban Communities](/upload/images/4%20BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) In the past 10 years, the Build to...
29 July 2023
From: Features
![Five reasons why 2023 might be the right time to invest in buy-to-let](/upload/images/Site%20logos/Five%20reasons%20why%202023%20might%20be%20the%20right%20time%20to%20invest%20in%20buy-to-let%20by%20Emma%20Wells.jpg)
Every year, those thinking about investing in property for the first time and even current landlords ask themselves whether it’s the...
04 February 2023
From: Features
![What To Expect from the Property Market in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...
17 December 2022
From: Features
![24 agency brands among latest firms fined for AML breaches](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AntiMoneyLaundering-400x310.png)
HMRC fined 24 estate agency and property businesses for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches between April and June 2022, new figures show. The...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - buy-to-lets failing to beat inflation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...
03 September 2022
From: Features
![Zoopla urges couples to tackle 'awkward conversations' when buying a home](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla is urging couples to tackle the “awkward but all-important financial and ‘what if’ questions” ahead of buying a property together...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – why is the property market joining the podcast party?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...
16 July 2022
From: Features
![Agency heavyweight joins property investment PropTech platform](/upload/images/Grenville%20Turner.jpg)
One of the biggest names in agency has been appointed as chairperson of the board at BidX1, one of Europe’s leading...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Touting letter trying to buy homes without using agents](/upload/images/library/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a property investment firm from using a letter claiming that it wanted to buy homes...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![New build prices may soar to cover raft of energy efficiency moves](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
The price of new build homes could soar if developers are expected to pay for additional energy efficiency measures not necessarily...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - shortlist for Propertymark Qualifications Awards](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
The Propertymark Qualifications Awards annual ceremony taking place early next month have revealed their shortlist. There is a total of nine Awards...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to diversify by linking with retirement developers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/RetirementLiving-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents are being urged to future-proof and diversify by linking with retirement developers via part-exchange services. Property investment service HBB Solutions...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and we’re getting sporty this summer…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another ADC, the weekly wrap of good work by the industry. You probably know the score by now...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: talking Brexit, Covid, USPs and mews homes with Lurot Brand](/img/default/eat.png)
Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Ambitious agency’s new branch is start of long-term national growth](/img/default/eat.png)
London-based estate agency Orlando Reid is opening an additional office in Manchester - the start of a long-term growth programme for...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why agency must never become a closed shop](/img/default/eat.png)
The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...
24 April 2021
From: Features
![More agencies back government Kickstart scheme](/img/default/eat.png)
Another property company has announced its participation in the Kickstart scheme. The initiative is aimed at young people aged 16 to 24...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mayfair-based agency opens high-end countryside office](/img/default/eat.png)
Boutique estate agency D S Churchill is to open a countryside office serving the Cotwolds, Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. D S Churchill...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and we’re putting our best foot forward](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the end of another week - and a step in the right direction towards the easing of...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest movers and shakers](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this edition of Property Jobs Today, a chance to catch up with who’s moving where in the...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - February kicks off with flurry of movers](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to the start of another week and this catch up on the latest moves within the agency world. Everyone featured here...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rural property benefits from Covid-19 and the property use revolution](/img/default/eat.png)
The secure Conservative victory in the 2019 General Election meant the property market in the sunlit uplands was set for a...
28 November 2020
From: Features
![Many overseas buyers don’t even visit Brexit bargain purchasers](/img/default/eat.png)
A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide man launches “world’s most intelligent” portal](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal launches today with 100,000 listings and a pledge to target buyers largely ignored by established websites - investors. It’s...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![220,000 London homes owned by Chinese: more to come, say agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures show the 218,975 properties within Greater London have Chinese owners - and two agents say there will be more...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Foxtons supremo takes charge of property investment service](/img/default/eat.png)
A key figure behind the setting up of Foxtons has been named as the new chief executive of one of the...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Jobs Today - movers and shakers across the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big fall in Prime Central London transactions pre-election](/img/default/eat.png)
Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Five years in Prime London: prices down 15% and supply 45% down](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Introducing the purpose-driven lettings agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...
23 October 2019
From: Features
![New online auction service launches, pledging a fairer service](/img/default/eat.png)
A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry moves revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Now is the time to target foreign investors, says growing portal](/img/default/eat.png)
A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agencies that don’t modernise will fail like Thomas Cook - property chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The collapse of Thomas Cook, widely seen as failing modernise with the expectations of modern shoppers, is a clear lesson for...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Can €19 million disrupt an entire sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London housing gloom may be lifting at last](/img/default/eat.png)
There may be signs that the gloomy housing market which has hit Prime Central London for some years may finally be...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![London agent says worried Hong Kong investors already fleeing to UK](/img/default/eat.png)
High end London estate agency Aston Chase says there’s already been a surge in interest in property in the UK capital...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![ONE WAY TO BEAT THE INDUSTRY BLUES](/img/default/eat.png)
– use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...
01 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Cash buyers pull out of property as Brexit worries bite](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of cash buyers in London has recently plummeted by very nearly a fifth - and every other part of...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![£23m Prime Central London property to be sold via Blockchain](/img/default/eat.png)
A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Making the transition from estate agency to property development](/img/default/eat.png)
Property developing is an incredibly diverse and exciting career choice, and something that many people aspire to do in the UK. I...
15 June 2019
From: Features
!['Brexit blip' failing to discourage overseas buyers, says top London agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A top London estate agency says interest in the capital's residential property from US and Indian buyers has soared over the...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks could be bought by High Street agent, says client developer](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest moves (and a cake)](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![New-build premiums may have to be cut to maintain sales - warning](/img/default/eat.png)
A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Fatigue - should estate agents bother with technology?](/img/default/eat.png)
“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Marketing your way through challenging times](/img/default/eat.png)
It is something of an understatement to say that we are in challenging times. BREXIT is unresolved and we wait with...
18 December 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Jobs Today - the industry's key moves and appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Havoc, Grim and Short Term - Property taxes under fire once again](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s Budget day and the government is once again on the receiving end of a blast from one of the country’s...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Sales plummet thanks to Brexit and taxes says investment guru](/img/default/eat.png)
Transactions across England and Wales in September dropped 7.6 per cent year on year while Prime Central London now sees fewer than...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buyers 'taken for a ride' as new-build leasehold house prices soar](/img/default/eat.png)
The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Transaction volumes plunge in London - prime central areas hit worst](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s more bad news for the long-troubled Prime Central London market. A new analysis shows that transaction volumes have plunged 11.6 per cent...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and SDLT 'causing market to stagnate' warns property specialist](/img/default/eat.png)
A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Former Apprentice star launches full-service property investment firm](/img/default/eat.png)
A former contestant on BBC show The Apprentice has launched a new full-service property investment and refurbishment company. Michelle Niziol, chief executive...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Four-branch regional agency snaps up single-office firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Oakwood Homes, a four-branch sales and lettings agency operating across East Kent, has acquired Parkland Estates, a single-branch firm based in...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today - and as ever we have a breakdown of key moves within our industry. To...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Significant financial distress felt by many more agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
A report out today shows a 19 per cent rise in the number of property businesses classified as being in “significant...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brexit is now single biggest worry for property industry - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of owner-occupiers, landlords, property investors and insolvency practitioners has revealed that Brexit is the single biggest concern when it...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks is changing: Which way will it go?](/img/default/eat.png)
As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...
31 March 2018
From: Features
!['First ever UK resi transaction undertaken through Blockchain' - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A Manchester-based property investment firm is claiming to be the first company in Britain to record an online exchange of a...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Halifax and Nationwide price indices slammed as out of date by rival](/img/default/eat.png)
House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![House price growth continues to slow - and London suffers most again](/img/default/eat.png)
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to November average house prices in the UK increased...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the 25 people doing the most to spread the PropTech word](/img/default/eat.png)
The LendInvest PropTech Influencer List has been revealed, naming the 25 figures in the property world that have done most to...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Budget is make or break for London market, says investment firm](/img/default/eat.png)
The London residential market is at last improving - but faces a make or break situation with next week’s Budget according...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why the stock market likes disruptors](/img/default/eat.png)
The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...
12 August 2017
From: Features
![Research shows huge damage from stamp duty in central London](/img/default/eat.png)
The ‘lower priced’ 80 per cent of homes in prime central London are seeing price rises again, giving hope they have...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property auctions market round-up Q2 2017](/img/default/eat.png)
With several agent partner programmes available across the country, estate agents can often increase business by offering sales by auction, with...
22 July 2017
From: Features
![Investor consultancy wants new government to lay off property](/img/default/eat.png)
London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a conference smorgasbord](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...
06 May 2017
From: Features
![Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman at TWPN](/img/default/eat.png)
What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Gavriel Merkado, REalyse CEO & Founder](/img/default/eat.png)
Q: What does it say on your business card? Gavriel Merkado, Founder and CEO of REalyse Q: Who are REalyse? REalyse is a big...
13 April 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property hotspots: Manchester, Liverpool and Preston](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market in northern England, supported in part by the Northern Powerhouse concept, has attracted a lot of media attention,...
24 March 2017
From: Features
![Glut of expansions for agents and property investment firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Manchester-based sister firms Sequre Property Investment and Sequre International have extended their office space thanks rising demand for UK buy to...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation on housing far outstrips other property types](/img/default/eat.png)
Residential property has performed far better than any other property-type in terms of appreciation over the last year, according to new...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![What does the future hold for the buy-to-let market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features
![Residential property comes out on top for investors](/img/default/eat.png)
Not many of us have a multi-million property portfolio, so the results of the MSCI / IPD UK property index for...
25 February 2017
From: Features
![Government bags £394m 'enveloped dwellings' tax since 2013](/img/default/eat.png)
A London property investment firm says the government has enjoyed a tax take of £394m since introducing the Annual Tax for...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![PropTech guru James Dearsley writes for Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
James Dearsley, founder of The Digital Marketing Bureau and arguably the best known figure in the fast-emerging property technology sector, is...
07 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![It’s time to look North for lettings income](/img/default/eat.png)
If you provide a service, you expect to be paid for it. Sound fair? But with the forthcoming ban on tenant...
07 January 2017
From: Features
![Investment firm claims some London asking prices cut 30 per cent](/img/default/eat.png)
The managing partner of a property investment firm says London residential property values have fallen by 15 to 25 per cent...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![No action over ad claiming flats were 'waterfront' - when they weren't](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest round of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority against property firms’ ads have once again ended only with...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Autumn Statement: The property industry's wish list for Philip Hammond](/img/default/eat.png)
It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features
![What does a Donald Trump win mean for the UK property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...
12 November 2016
From: Features
![Rent rises are inevitable after tax clampdown on buy-to-let](/img/default/eat.png)
Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...
14 October 2016
From: Features
![Alert to agents - read Landlord Today and Property Investor Today!](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla launches dedicated investment channel](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has formally announced the launch of its new 'Invest' channel, which has been designed to provide consumers with the opportunity...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agencies use video and familiar faces to promote their brands](/img/default/eat.png)
Two estate agencies have incorporated video footage on to their website homepages in order to promote their brands to prospective clients. Lumley...