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The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

Strutt & Parker’s Chester operation has become the second tenant in an arcade within a new development in the city. Strutt &...

Propertymark’s policy and campaigns director is one of the founding members of a body called the Landlord Leaders Community, which has just...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...

Propertymark has created a series of fact sheets to help letting agents understand the Building Safety Act 2022, which carries complex...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Belvoir has snapped up a regional mortgage provider for £1m. It’s acquired MAB (South West) Ltd and follows the earlier acquisition of...

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by tenant activists and the London Mayor on developing rule changes for evictions. The changes include a presumption against...

The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...

Connells’ high end brand John D Wood & Co. Is opening of a new office in Winchester, Hampshire. It occupies a stone-built...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

Section 21 evictions are set to soar even higher, a property association leader forecasts - because of the threat to abolish...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service - introduced this month - will make possession court case delays even worse. That’s the...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

Spicerhaart’s veteran chief executive Paul Smith is stepping back to concentrate on company growth - including the acquisition of more lettings...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

Chestertons’ latest data on London’s rental market reveals that there were 39 per cent more rental properties on the market in...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...

A new analysis shows growth in the trend for buy to let properties to be sold with tenants in situ.  The analysis...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

Knight Frank has appointed a temporary head of lettings in what it calls its “strategically important” Chelsea office in London. Willow Bushnell...

A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

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

Police are encouraging letting agents and landlords to regularly check properties following the discovery on a cannabis factory. Police attended the address...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...

The century-old Wards Estate Agents - part of Arun - has snapped up Kite Homes, a lettings and property management company...

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

Franchise brand Northwood says its strategy of expansion through acquisition is paying dividends - with more to come. Northwood managing director Phil...

The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

The north of England is outperforming the south when it comes to yields and capital appreciation, a new survey has discovered. In...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

An overseas agency trying to establish itself in the UK has taken a swipe at domestic agencies’ love of High Street...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

Housing legal aid is increasingly out of reach for tenants who need help, the Law Society of England and Wales claims.  Quarterly...

More than 20,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision – but thousands have yet to...

A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...

There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...

Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its calls for the abolition of S21 eviction powers. It says new Ministry of Justice data shows...

An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...

Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...

Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...

A rogue lettings agency in London has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme but is still thought to be trading. Hawks...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

Tenants seeking a way to buy a home have been given at least slightly reassuring news by Rightmove. The portal says the...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it now has a record membership of 1,200. UKALA describes itself as “a professional association...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank.  The agency says the underlying...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...