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Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government. A...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...
10 February 2023
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New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns. The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.” While...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. The company has revealed that...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...
18 January 2022
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A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
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Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank. While only a...
05 November 2021
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Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...
03 November 2021
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Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 4,500 people and 90 exhibitors attended the Property Investor Show a few days ago - the first face-to-face event of...
27 October 2021
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The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...
22 October 2021
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Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...
13 October 2021
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Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...
07 October 2021
From: Proptech & Innovation
The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...
22 September 2021
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An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...
21 September 2021
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Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease. Tom Bill, Knight...
20 September 2021
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Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
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New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting Agents should aim for 50 per cent profit margins according to a high profile former president of ARLA. Sally Lawson says...
07 September 2021
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The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...
25 August 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance
Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...
19 August 2021
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The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent agents and landlords banning pets from the local...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The trade body for short lets operators - the Short Term Accommodation Association - says it wants even more travel restrictions...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons. The agency says the gradual...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...
14 July 2021
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The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...
13 July 2021
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Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the Deposit Protection...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...