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The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

Propertymark is hosting an Understanding Material Information for Lettings Agents on Thursday January 18 from 1230 to 1400. The National Trading Standards...

Property agency James Douglas has acquired a rental service and launched its own lettings arm in the south Wales city of...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually.  The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...

High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...

Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

The UK Apartment Association - effectively a trade body for the Build To Rent sector - is beefing up its top...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...

Agents’ group Propertymark is discounting early-bird tickets for its flagship Propertymark One event. The day, run in partnership with Rightmove, is billed...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...