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James Douglas, headquartered in Cardiff, has said it is targeting further acquisitions following its previous takeover of Newport-based firm Nuttall Parker. For the last nine months, the business has been co-branded which has enabled a seamless transition for clients, partners…

Ahead of the second reading of the Renters’ Rights Bill, which will be debated by MPs later today, both Propertymark and the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) are calling for improvements to be made to the proposed new legislation. The…

The Renters’ Rights Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons last month, is scheduled to have its second reading today. The government has provided the following briefing which provides background to the bill and an overview of its…

Residential landlord Grainger has praised the government’s Renters’ Rights Bill as a step in the right direction for the private rented sector and believes that it will do very little to stop rents rising in the near future. The bill…

Paul Smith What does Rightmove’s decision to turn down a staggering £6.2bn takeover bid from News Corp’s REA Group really say to estate agents struggling to cope in a volatile market? Describing the offer from Rupert Murdoch’s company as “opportunistic”…

UK housing market conditions continue to steadily improve, supported in part by greater mortgage affordability, which has been easing thanks to strong wage growth and falling interest rates. This positivity is now filtering through with respect to transactional volumes, with…

L-R: Emma Darlow, Cole Calzaghe, David Bevan, Hannah McCartan and James White McCartan Lettings & Property Management, a well-established agency in Swansea, has been sold to Newport-based Number One Property Management for a reported six-figure sum. The sale of the agency,…

The merger of Barratt and Redrow is set to be completed after the UK’s competition watchdog gave the deal the go-ahead. The Competition and Markets Authority said it had decided to accept undertakings made by both companies to address its…

The CEO and founder of CoStar Group, which owns OnTheMarket, says the UK property portal, which his firm acquired last year for £99m, could be rebranded ‘Homes.com’ and may sponsor the new Manchester Utd stadium. Speaking at the Proptech and…

Richard Adamson Allsop’s recent three-day residential auction represented the UK’s largest ever residential auction sale, with £92.7m raised from the sale of 371 lots at a success rate of 89%. Highlights include the sale of three freehold blocks of flats in…