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Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...
17 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
Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has welcomed the government’s commitment to end the practice of council tax of banding single rooms in HMOs, potentially saving...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb is launching a UK campaign this month aimed at luring first-time customers. It’s part of a local campaign that launched last...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...
24 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Elliot Leigh - an agency that is the largest guaranteed rent provider in London and Essex - has completed phase one...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study claims to reveal what it calls “a significant disparity in the spare room rental market.” The research shows that...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom. It says average UK room rents were...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...
07 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...
22 June 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 management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has slammed the current lack of consistency of council tax on HMOs. It describes today’s system...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property. KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Asking prices of homes coming to the market continue to rise, even before the expected surge in demand following the government’s...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Low stock levels, high demand and increased renewals characterise prime London rental market according to property data firm LonRes. “The rental market...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s being reported that a prominent independent agency is to be snapped up by the fast-growing Leader Romans Group. Isle of Wight...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s Landlord and Tenant Services division is moving to a new headquarters. It’s 110 staff will shift from Killingworth to Quorum Park in...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation. Nearly one in...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to prepare for changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties. Gatwick and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...
14 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
A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...
07 February 2022
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A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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
A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News
With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...
19 May 2021
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New PropTech company Ministry of Rooms says its platform has 350 landlords and agents signed up in its first six weeks. The property-tenant matching...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...
01 April 2021
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In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS What...
04 March 2021
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A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy. The service - called COHO - claims...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom. The...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...