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One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure their accommodation for more...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

What appears to be the first court adjournment of an eviction case caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has happened - raising...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

PropTech platform teclet is offering letting agents that list with OnTheMarket a three month trial offer of a digital inventory service. One...

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...

The government has been called upon to issue specific Coronavirus guidance for the rental sector. The chief executive of the Association of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...

The Bournemouth branch of Martin & Co has acquired a local independent agent. Bullock & Lees, a local south coast firm, has...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business.  scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of saying that a £600 surcharge will be added to the licensing costs...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has issued guidance to members about how to reassure its lettings agent and landlord clients...

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

An ambitious Kent agency and management company has secured a £3.8m loan to underwrite a management buyout and an acquisition programme. Miles...

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...

It’s steady-as-she-goes in the rental market according to the latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord.  Void periods dropped slightly in...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

A pet care company claims that millions of private renters are being denied the benefits of pet ownership because of landlords...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

Two estate agencies in the same city have merged - but it means one long-standing agency’s name will disappear. The Leicester firm...

A rental activist who runs the Generation Rent pressure group has told landlords that if they are “serious” about providing long-term...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A rent guarantor service has taken a swipe at new housing minister Chris Pincher and his recent predecessors who have not...

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...

There’s a claim this morning that the average rent in the UK has increased only five per cent since 2014. Research by...

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has been informed that the controversial Right To Rent checks forced on to agents and...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

A new free-to-download app called My Rent Rewards claims to allow tenants to save towards their rent when they shop. The app,...

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...

A lettings agent who stole over £23,000 from tenants to pay for his gambling habit and pay off debt has escaped...

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...

There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary.  Home Made, which operates...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

A Sheffield agency has suffered two break-ins over just four days, with computers stolen and offices damaged. MorfittSmith’s sales office was the...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford.  This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

A five branch lettings and sales firm is the latest agency to sign up to love2move, a PropTech platform that allows...

The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

The PropTech platform Movebubble has upgraded its features to increase rivalry between lettings agents and thus enhance the renting experience for...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

An agent has been disqualified from managing companies for five years after she failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits...

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...

A new concept of co-living is being offered on a rental basis at a new purpose-built development in west London. The firm...

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

Enfield council in London has confirmed that it will introduce borough-wide additional licensing. It is also seeking consent from the government to...

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

The majority of letting agents have lost up to 20 per cent of their revenue because of the fees ban -...

Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...

An increasing number of over-60s are now turning to the private rental sector - but, like other demographic sectors, they face...

The Renters’ Reform Bill worries many in the private rental sector but the government says there is still no date for...

A council has prosecuted five private landlords who failed to get licences for the properties they let out. Oldham council says its...

A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...

A Build To Rent developer has revealed plans to construct over 10,000 units in just five years. Wise Living, part of SDL,...

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for British consumers, who say the market has become expensive and inaccessible and that...

A mortgage company has attempted to quantify how much private landlords inject into local economies. Aldermore’s research, surveying 1,000 UK-based landlords, discovered...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...

A landlord has ended up with fines totalling over £90,000 after repeatedly ignoring a council’s selective licensing regime. Stephen Ige pleaded guilty...

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the number of tenants successfully negotiating rent reductions has hit an all time low...

A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21.  The call comes from the Law Society for...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...

Officers from a local council simultaneously staged 10 dawn raids on properties owned by unlicensed landlords. All the terraced homes, in Slough,...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...

A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...

A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...

An accountancy trade body is warning of another possible tax hike to hit the lettings industry. The Association of Accounting Technicians is...

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

ARLA Propertymark has named Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard Selwyn stepping down last year due to personal circumstances. Davey has...

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

The Widnes branch of franchise firm Martin & Co has grown its business by almost a quarter after acquiring a local...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...