By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The world’s best selling board game – Monopoly - is a resident in many of our homes. Rewind to 1935 when the board came out, rental prices in many areas on the Monopoly board was much cheaper...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Time is money, a phrase once used by Benjamin Franklin in Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One – and one that stands true to rental properties. Undoubtedly, there are rogue landlords taking advantage...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Work on your curb appeal, clean the interior of your home, declutter, decorate the corridors, brighten the place up… all things we’re told when selling our home. We’re also told about obvious deal-breakers with buyers, such as...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent New figures released today show young people across the country are struggling more than ever to live independently because of the cost of housing. A new research project - How Many Homes - commissioned by the Town...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent This weekend our streets will fill with ghosts, ghouls and zombified celebrity look-a-likes. Halloween is upon us and kids everywhere will be buzzing at the chance to partake in the ghostly Halloween custom of trick or treating...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent More than 52,000 Londoners have moved into new homes across the capital, as part of the Mayor Boris Johnson's First Steps housing scheme. The scheme targets low and medium income Londoners and helps them purchase a home...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent A detailed report of the Manchester 2025 vision projects a prosperous future for the city at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse. The city is likely to attract 'significant investment' over the coming decade, and create more...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Today, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has issued amended and updated versions of all its Codes of Practice for UK and Scotland, to support the introduction of new legislation that has come into force within the last...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Tomorrow, 1st October is the deadline for landlords and managing estate or letting agents (on behalf of landlords) to ensure all rented residential properties comply with the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations. The legislation –...