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Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon.  In June...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages.  It...

Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

Five homeless people will have a roof over their heads this Christmas thanks to a kind-hearted PropTech chief. Mike Georgeson, founder of...

We hope you’ve found time to look at the huge number of Christmas agency pictures we’ve been running on Estate Agent...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

HomeLet’s latest snapshot of the lettings market suggests that the average UK rent is now £918 pcm - that’s 1.5 per...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...

Some 79 per cent of landlords are only servicing the interest on their mortgages, not paying down their loans, according to...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

Rent increases seen in London this year are likely to continue in 2019 because of the diminishing supply of homes to...

A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding.  Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

Online lettings agency Upad says it’s to offer landlords a proprietary system to collect rental payments via Direct Debit. Its system, called...

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

There’s been a large jump in the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions according to the Association of Residential Letting...

It’s that time of year again - many offices will mark the start of December (that’s tomorrow) by putting up decorations....

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service.  It's going to use...

New figures show why the rental market is seeing such strong demand. The data shows that some 28 per cent of Britons...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...

A new investment company says its latest tool, powered by Artificial Intelligence, helps buy to let investors search for the best...

Respected industry trainer and consultant Michael Day is joining the board of Glanty, the parent company of lettings PropTech firm teclet.  teclet...

OnTheMarket, which is beginning to undertake occasional property research, has released data identifying what proportion of tenants’ salaries are spent on...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...

The private rental sector can help reduce smoking according to a report from Action on Smoking and Health, a pressure group. The...

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

A PropTech company has won approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to go ahead with a scheme which offers tenants a...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...

A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...

Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...

A London property firm must repay no less than £60,000 in rent after a council obtained a Rent Repayment Order against...

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

The head of a buy to let specialist mortgage broker insists the sector remains a solid investment despite the slew of...

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

A former lettings agent in Plymouth has finally admitted taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from tenants and landlords - the...

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the company calls “buoyant figures” for the UK lettings market in October.  Following a...

Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...

A Manchester lettings agency has teamed up with a bank to fund entry into the Build To Rent management sector.  Two new...

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...

A rental management firm has launched a new home-sharing platform which it says is aimed at everyone wanting a place to...

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...

The average rent in the UK is now £928 per calendar month, up by 2.1 per cent on the same time...

Darlington lettings agency My Property Box has signed a new deal to let properties in the area on behalf of developer...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The JLL lettings agency has launched a ‘virtual property manager’ for a small number of Build To Rent tenants, claiming it...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

A new study has revealed that the average Briton rents four years longer than they initially planned to, because of stubbornly-high...

The online agency Home Made, which says it’s London’s only premium online platform for the rental sector, has raised a further...

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...

So-called ‘real rents’ - those adjusted for inflation - have fallen by 2.2 per cent since October 2008.   This means that the...

A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...

Somerset agency Mark Templer Residential has acquired independent company Wrington Vale Lettings. Husband and wife team John and Vanessa Webb with business...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

The government has unveiled the spectre of a ‘global immigration system’ to be introduced from the end of 2020 - but...

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...

The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay awards. One is OJ Residentials Limited trading...

The Residential Landlords Association is threatening a council with a judicial review because of unresolved concerns over the authority’s selective licensing...

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...

The online lettings agency Urban is continuing to operate as normal despite the shock revelation that parent company Emoov is looking...

A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...

A property management firm is launching with a claim that its charges are under a third of some rivals.  Online service ManageMyHome...

Belvoir is unveiling a new logo this morning, incorporating the strapline ‘Property is personal’. “Belvoir has always been a progressive company which has contributed...

The Republic of Ireland has adopted new policies requiring owners in 'high housing demand areas' to secure planning consent if they...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

The second reading of the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill is to take place in the House of Commons on November 23 -...

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Two property companies which failed to follow a local council’s lettings sector licensing scheme have been fined a combined £32,000. Owners of...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s CJ Hole brand in Bristol has snapped up an independent lettings agency elsewhere in...

The former owner of a lettings agency has admitted charges of fraud, false accounting and theft involving some hundreds of thousands...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...

The number of tenants seeing their rents rise continues to go up according to the latest market snapshot produced by the...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

The number of buy to let lenders lending to limited companies has risen by 47 per cent over the past year,...

A PropTech provider of inventory services says its new tool will significantly cut pre-tenancy admin for letting agents and landlords. No Letting...

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...

An insurance firm has conducted research showing that not all landlords are heartless - in fact, quite the reverse.  The study by...

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...

A city council has introduced highly specific guidelines as to the number, size and positioning of To Let boards following apparent...

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

A landlord has been hit with more than £5,500 of fines and costs after he allowed a family with three young...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents has launched a first-of-its-kind Client Money Protection to members.  Although CMP schemes are to be mandatory...

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...

A branch of Martin & Co has substantially boosted its managed portfolio following the acquisition of independent agency County Rentals. The goodwill...

JLL says its London offices saw increased demand in the third quarter of the year, underpinned by the student sector. Lonres data...

A property management company which kept up to 23 adults in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500 by a council in...

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...

A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...

The growth in tenancies agreed in London’s super-prime sector has slowed sharply from 20 per cent earlier this year to just...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

Around two thirds of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit have experienced rent arrears according to new research. Based on responses...

The head of the online lettings agency recently scooped up by Emoov says traditional lettings agents have made a rod for...

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch.  The agency being...

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

Rettie & Co is the first agency north of the border to offer a no-deposit scheme to tenants - although it’s...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

Croydon council is reported to have become the first local authority to back the scrapping of Section 21 of the 1988...

A new PropTech tool tells users how much it would cost to rent a house in various areas for a ‘lifetime...

A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

Rightmove’s chief executive officer, Peter Brooks-Johnson, is joining the board of an offshoot of a global classified listings operation. He is to...

Rental platform Goodlord - which in January made around 40 staff redundant in a restructuring move - has now announced that...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

A man who submitted false VAT returns for the Lincoln franchise branch of Martin & Co for a period of six...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

Plans have been unveiled for a 23-storey development comprising 307 Build To Rent units, located overlooking Cardiff Bay. IM Properties and its...

A landlord who rented out an unlicenced HMO has been fined more than £22,000 after the local council found five people...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

A new branch of franchise agency Century 21 has opened in Chelmsford with two unusual pitches - its own ‘ban’ on...

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...

Knight Frank says the annual rental value growth has returned to prime central London due to declining supply levels - the...

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...

The Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...

Chris Wood, the Cornish agent who was recently the centre of a dispute with the Advertising Standards Authority, has announced that...

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...

Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

A London local authority which is part way through its five year additional HMO licensing scheme wants lettings agents to give their...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

The first of the industry trade bodies to issue a series of demands for this month’s Budget is the National Landlords Association...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has acquired another independent firm, Angus Roberts. The deal will see Linley & Simpson, which operates...

New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...

The percentage of tenants experiencing rent hikes in August was the highest for almost four years according to the Association of...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

Here’s a date which the private rental sector may want to make a note of…even if it is with some nervousness. The...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

Three London lettings sub-markets performed relatively weakly according to data just released by Knight Frank. Wimbledon’s rental values fell 1.5 per cent...

The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...

Online lettings agency Upad has drastically overhauled its product range, introducing a ‘pick and mix’ option allowing landlords to choose services...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

There has been a furious response from landlords and tenants to a police letter which says a local force is not...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

The local branch of franchise operation Martin & Co has acquired family business Oliver James’s Witney office to become the largest...

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

The number of available properties to rent is falling at an alarming rate, particularly in Greater London, according to property platform...

More than 77,000 UK landlords will be shelling out a combined £95 million this month, as new occupancy laws come into...

A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...

Two more lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman as a result of unpaid awards following disputes involving landlords...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

Liquidators Grant Thornton says funds found in the accounts of a Guernsey lettings agent are likely to be sufficient to pay...

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its sixth business acquisition of 2018 - the Worthing and Bognor Regis lettings portfolios of...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

The latest market data produced by the Agency Express board company has revealed a further decline in activity for the lettings...

A lettings agent described as ‘rogue’ by a London council, along with two lettings companies, have been heavily fined for operating...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...

The National Approved Letting Scheme is celebrating the 500th candidate to complete its Foundation Lettings Course. Moira Devlin of Lowther Homes, in...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...

Free seminars are to be held next month to help letting agents restructure their business to optimise opportunities in the current...

One in nine landlords now check prospective tenants’ social media accounts to try to assess how they may behave as renters,...

There’s a growing call for more police action over tracing a lettings agent who is apparently missing - as is some...

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

A lettings agent who let a tiny room behind a kitchen in a property in London has been ordered to pay...

New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...