Lettings
Letting Away With It: The murky world of “secret commissions”
After a property maintenance firm claimed to "blow the whistle" this week, former lawyer Jonathan Monjack calls for an end to "secret commissions" throughout the rental sector...
Treasury targets holiday let tax dodgers
The Treasury is launching a new campaign to chase up landlords - including those with holiday lets - who don't pay every penny of tax due on rents they receive.
HMRC estimates that up to 1.
Belvoir rolls out three new offices
What with announcing a foray into the sales jungle last week and three new lettings offices today, Belvoir's making plenty of noise at the moment.
London property demand up 30% as supply levels drop 33%
There's a familiar story doing the rounds today: stock levels are down but demand and deal levels are riding high in London.
Rising prices bring vendors out of the woodwork – RICS
After months of low stock and relatively few new properties hitting the market, rising prices and burgeoning buyer demand have led to significant increases in homes coming onto the UK property market,…
Covent Garden average prices breach £1,500 psf in bumper quarter for EA Shaw
It sounds like EA Shaw has had a good run following its acquisition by CBRE, with the agent's latest quarterly residential report showing rises in demand, prices and transactions across the board.
Hot August for W.A.Ellis
The traditional August lull didn't happen for W.A.Ellis, with a "stronger than expected" sales market and lettings enquiries up 50% on July's levels, driven by wealthy students.
Core Market: Investor snaps up Apple Apartments scheme for £10.2m
A Middle Eastern buy-to-let investor has snapped up the entire Apple Apartments development at 94 Baker Street in one fell swoop.
PCL prices now 60% above their 2009 market low; Greater London prices catching up
Prime central London property prices rose for the 34th month in a row in August, according to the latest from Knight Frank, with a 0.6% month-on-month increase taking that rise to 4.
Landlords policing immigration would be “bureaucratic and overly cumbersome” – RLA
The Residential Landlords’ Association has put in its official response to the Government’s consultation on plans to introduce mandatory tenant immigration checks (announced back in May) – opposing…
Birmingham tops buy-to-let hot spots
Birmingham is best for buy-to-let investors, offering a 10%+ rental yield, according to a new survey by Home.co.uk and Move with Us.
Does London’s property market need foreign buyers?
London's resi development pipeline is likely to pump an extra £8bn into the UK economy, according to some research by London Central Portfolio.