Mega American property firm boosts presence in UK market with acquisition
US firm plans £4bn investment in UK to build rental portfolio of at least 10,000 homes
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How to Rent guide is ‘silently’ updated – and not even the Government seems to know
Letting agents may have been serving ‘out of date’ How to Rent information to tenants
Belvoir reports strong trading with profit and income ‘comfortably’ ahead
Belvoir franchisees doing well in both sales and lettings
Number of new homes registrations rises to highest for 12 years
Build to rent boosts rising numbers of new homes across almost all of UK
Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake reveals how firm was brought to its knees by toxic bank loan
Hunters chairman who stood to lose everything launches bid to lead MPs in crackdown on banking misconduct
Ex-estate agent jailed after revenge attack on rival caused £33,000 of damage
Agent who was reported by competitor for wrong advertising practices caught on camera during ‘vengeful rampage’
Local Property Expert with Housesimple says listing commission has dropped to just £100
Housesimple defends adjustment of commission schemes after it goes from £995 to free
Agent under fire for offering insurance to private tenants threatened with flooding at Whaley Bridge
Agent says its warning on tenants’ insurance was timely – and helpful
How Rightmove missed a trick when it decided against going into online dating
But wouldn’t OnTheMarket be the perfect name for a dating website!
Are tenants setting up in business as Airbnb hosts a growing problem for agents?
Sub-letting tenants making a fortune on Airbnb – and very hard to detect when they apply to rent properties
Local council back-tracks on suspension of local search service over summer
Council says it will still offer search service although slower than usual – and another local authority warns of 50-day turnaround time
Letting fees ban is now just four weeks away in Wales
Agents in Wales urged to prepare for tenancy fees ban
Viewber gets to action in auctions sector with more viewings – and photography
Viewber now providing service to auctioneers who between them offer over half of all auction lots in UK
What a lot of houses in convenient and sought-after locations!
The height of convenience – is that what helps sell a property?
Connells stakes its claim to the crown as UK’s biggest and most successful agent in UK
Most profitable, most sales and most new instructions, says Connells as it looks to overtake Countrywide
New owner of easyProperty says ‘brand is as strong as ever in eyes of consumer’
New owner of easyProperty talks about plans for future of online agency with a difficult past
Romans confirms closures of two branches as it looks to diversify into new markets
Two branches close as Romans looks for expansion in new markets
What happens when all in the garden is not quite rosy at the end of a tenancy?
The Deposit Diaries: Dispute between landlord and tenant over state of the garden
Agent ordered to pay over £37,000 after nine HMO failings
Fire safety failings in nine rental properties land agent in court
Landlords spending £3,000 a year maintaining their properties
Research highlights the cost of dealing with tenant damage