property management

Property Management

Property management becoming a specialist discipline as letting agents face growing regulatory pressures

The latest research by property management specialist, Rushbrook & Rathbone, has found that whilst the vast majority of letting agents believe the demands of managing rental properties have increased significantly in recent years, most continue to manage the function entirely in-house despite recognising that property management and winning new business now require fundamentally different...

Property Management

UK property management sector grows for fifth consecutive year, as demand grows across increasingly complex rental landscape

The latest insight from property management specialist, Rushbrook & Rathbone , has found that the UK property management sector has grown for the fifth consecutive year, with the number of operational businesses increasing by 2.8% across the nation and by 3.1% on average over the last five years.

As landlords face an increasingly complex operating environment, from compliance and...

vacant property waste clearance

Missing a trick! Could vacant property clearance help bring properties back into use

In 1995, the average house in the UK cost £104,000 - that’s adjusted for inflation, so the price-tag was lower. Twenty-five years later, the figure was £240,000[i]. The government responded with targets for housebuilding, with the rationale being that more housing supply should keep down prices. But, are we not missing something?

The UK has 238,000 homes that have been empty for six...

NEW OPERATIONS DIRECTOR FOR ADDLIVING - STEPHEN WILSON JOINS RESIDENTIAL LETTINGS AND MANAGEMENT BUSINESS FROM TOUCHSTONE

The founders of Addington Capital, Martin Roberts and Matt Allen have recruited Stephen Wilson as the new Operations Director of Add Living, Addington’s sister residential lettings and management business.

Stephen joins AddLiving from Touchstone where he was as Associate Director, leading a team across multiple residential sites in London and the South East. Prior to that he was a...