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A retired estate agent has pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching fire safety in Devon. Retired Force and Sons agent David...

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...

A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...

A new survey of some 2,000 tenants claims to show a significant level of dissatisfaction over communications with letting agents. The study...

It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...

Agents have only until Friday to respond to the committee of MPs currently calling for evidence concerning the reform of the...

Knight Frank has named Camillo Degregorio as head of lettings in its Richmond office in London. Degregorio started his career in 2010...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...

Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies.  It has...

A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...

A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

A lettings agency chief says the rental market continues to be red hot but with affordability beginning to play a part...

A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...

An online property training service has launched a specialist property management course, which it claims goes “beyond legislation.” The Certificate in Lettings...

Yet another revision to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations takes effect from October 1 - that’s just under...

A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...

High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

It’s been reported that the lettings book owned by a long-standing agency has been sold to a rival firm. A message on...

Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...

A prominent Welsh Conservative politician has called for a reform of the strict measures imposed on the private rental sector in...

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...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

A county council is urging people to complain if they believe letting agents are failing to comply with consumer legislation. Staffordshire county...

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

A PropTech supplier says streamlining processes in the lettings sector could benefit agents, landlords and tenants alike, by producing a simpler...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

The government is relying on the private rented sector to bolster its high-profile Homes for Ukraine programme - despite a series...

A PropTech platform that boasts 200 letting agents and landlords amongst its current clientele has won over £500,000 in additional funding...

teclet, part of the OnTheMarket Group, has completed the integration of Muuvo into its lettings and management platform. The Muuvo platform uses...

Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...

Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.”  While...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...

Letting agents should take measures to protect themselves from the impact of a lack of rental stock. A shortage of supply is...

An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that  there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...

The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...

The Property Franchise Group says it’s increased the size of its lettings portfolio by around 1,000 units over the past year...

An agency connected with high profile developer Churchill Retirement Living has been rebranded and is offering a new lettings service. Churchill Sales...

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

Data from Rightmove shows how an interest rate rise today, when the Bank of England meets, might effectively boost demand in...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

One of the country’s second home and holiday let hotspots has been told it will be unable to levy extra council...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...

With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...

Average monthly room rentals are at their most expensive ever according to lettings platform SpareRoom. It says in London the typical monthly...

PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...

A building society which has taken the unprecedented step of stopping lending on second homes has been sharply criticised by a...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Belvoir says that during the six months to the end of June income increased 11 per cent on the year before,...

Propertymark has issued the government with a stark warning - without incentives to landlords, the private rental sector will shrink, rents...

The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...

OnTheMarket is overtly using its teclet lettings PropTech as a means of enticing agents on old discounted rates to pay full...

Midlands-based land and property agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up two more businesses. The acquisition of Wigwam Estate and Lettings Agents...

The rise and rise of Rightmove continues apace. Figures for the first half of 2022 released at the start of the weekend...

Rental sector support companies Canopy and Housing Hand have announced a partnership.  Housing Hand will serve as a rental guarantor for renters...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...

OnTheMarket is launching a management fee protection product, developed with tenant referencing platform Canopy and insurance broker the Alan Boswell Group....

The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...

An independent agency chain operating in the Garden of England has just located one of its office to a former coffee...

London-focussed lettings agency Benham and Reeves says renters who secured bargain properties during the pandemic now face huge rent rises when...

MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

Two senior agents are joining the Propertymark Qualifications board to bring a combined 64 years of experience. Jan Hytch - residential and...

A Build To Rent operator is cashing in on the surge in demand for allotments by creating mini-versions at one London...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...

OnTheMarket claims it’s on track to achieve its strategic aim - to create “a tech-enabled property business across the broader property...

The Build to Rent sector has grown by 14 per cent in the year to the end of the first quarter...

The Lettings Hub has announced a two-year partnership with HooYu, a Know Your Customer specialist. As the deadline to end the temporary...

The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...

Propertymark says letting agents should be aware of the financial implications of failing to deregister tenant deposits. This kind of failure after...

Dexters, the London-focussed agency, has snapped up a four-branch chain operating in the capital. Dexters already has 30,000 landlords on its books...

A Purplebricks divisional lettings director has quit the troubled online agency and is returning to Spicerhaart, where she worked until a...

A floorplan supplier to the agency industry claims such plans lead to higher rents for comparable properties. However, the sample used by...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

It’s being reported that a prominent independent agency is to be snapped up by the fast-growing Leader Romans Group. Isle of Wight...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

The latest report from ARLA Propertymark shows that at last the average number of properties available for rent per agency branch...

New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...

A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

Next week a webinar will give landlords and other property professionals an opportunity to put questions directly to one of the...

A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...

A quarter of homebuyers are putting off their purchase due to cost of living fears - and when it comes to...

PropTech operator Lettingaproperty has won £750,000 to build a new rental platform of landlords and tenants. The cash boost, from the MEIF...

Another analysis of the lettings market by PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that the intense heat is not confined to the...

A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...

A market snapshot of lettings in the second quarter of this year has described the supply shortage as “massively under-performing”. The comment...

Fine & Country has diversified its marketing to include podcasts and radio advertising.  Chief marketing officer Emilie Despois says: “We have always...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...

The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme, the not-for-profit government-backed protection service, has announced an upgraded PropTech integration with automated deposit registration platform MRI Software. TDS...

A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...

Letting agents should communicate regularly and proactively with their landlords and tenants to help them understand the proposed reform of the...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

Samuel Estates, an agency based in south west London, has snapped up local independent Home Lets. Established in 2004 the first Samuel...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

Hat and Home announced its third branch this week, in the Berkshire town of Bracknell.  The agency is relatively new - it...

A company claims that some 18 per cent of property firms have seen a rise in criminals attempting to launder money...

Fourteen Trading Standards authorities across a swathe of England are embarking on an enforcement project to check lettings agency compliance.  The Central England...

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

The sales director of a property investment firm says high house prices, rising interest rates and the broader cost of living...

The number of middle-age and later life tenants living in privately rented homes has accelerated faster than those under the age...

The continuing rent rises seen across much of the country are outpacing rises in interest rates, it’s been claimed.  Property website Home,...

The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...

A bootcamp which claims to help agents add up to £1m revenue to their business is to return this summer. The Agent...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

The small UK Association of Letting Agents trade body says that the government’s proposal to scrap Section 21 is grabbing headlines...

Six agencies have been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation to wronged complainants. One was the Belvoir...

Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...

London’s rental market appears to be retuning to some kind of normality according to new data from LonRes. The average time it...

Propertymark has entered into a deal with a PropTech firm to help it grow in Scotland. The partnership will see Homesearch collaborate...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage service. Pivotal Growth...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...

Letting agencies will soon be able to calculate their carbon footprint as part of an initiative called The Sustainable Agents scheme. It’s...

Rightmove hosts its latest anti-money laundering webinar next week. The hour-long session at 10am on Tuesday July 19 - a week today...

The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices.  Maxine...

House price growth in prime country and coastal locations is beginning to plateau after two years of runaway growth, with urban...

A new survey by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests that out of the 20 per cent of households who now rent...

The boss of an online lettings agency is warning the government against undue delay and greater uncertainty in the rental reform...

A rogue tenant occupying a property for up to nine months and refusing to pay rent could cost a combined £10,000...

Automated lettings and management platform teclet - which is owned by OnTheMarket - has completed another integration with a PropTech supplier. This...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

AirBnb says proposed changes to short let rules in Wales should be aimed at property speculators, not ordinary people. The Welsh Government...

Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...

Landlords and agents face a growing risk of rent arrears and tenant fraud because of the cost of living crisis. That’s the...

Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...

A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...

A prominent lettings Industry figure has slammed Boris Johnson’s latest housing market utterances, branding them “off the cuff” and likely to...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...

If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Knight Frank is offering its 2,200 UK staff a company-branded debit card which allows them to buy cheap foreign currency. Currensea’s card,...

A cloud-based software firm that’s been snapped up by a major PropTech company is urging agents to embrace the cloud. Openview -...

PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. The annual...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

Prime lettings agent John D Wood & Co has announced its new head of lettings.  It’s Tanya Hasking who is currently director...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

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...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...

The average rent in the UK reaches £1,113  pcm, up almost 1.0 per cent in the past month. When London is excluded,...

Portsmouth-based agency Pink Street has completed its fifth acquisition in two years in its bid to create the largest letting agency...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

The independent Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings has just been acquired by Ashtons, the company’s third acquisition in just 15...

Birmingham’s Labour-controlled council is launching a consultation on a vast expansion to its existing HMO Additional Licensing scheme. The proposal is for...

The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...

A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...

A lettings agency in Kent has been drawn into a spat about rent levels following a councillor’s comment on Twitter. Liberal Democrat...

A council claims that a pilot licensing scheme has discovered a very high proportion of rental homes requiring improvement. Plans to extend...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...

Some parts of London have recorded over 50 per cent of sales as second or additional properties. Research by lending firm Octane...

The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...

A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...

A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

Tenants are being offered what’s called a “fixed price green energy option” ahead of another fuel price hike this autumn. The deal...

The former head of operations at online agency Yopa has been named as East London area lettings director for haart. Andrie Neophytou...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...

A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...

The Shepherd’s Bush office has the largest lettings portfolio of all the Winkworth offices across the capital - and now it...

An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

Bhavik Patel, owner of Nicholas Humphreys Southampton & Portsmouth has acquired independent lettings agency Harker and Bullman in Wimborne. This is the...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...

A high profile former chief executive of Propertymark is discussing agency industry issues in a new podcast. The new service - from...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

A lettings agency is alleged to have used violence and vandalism over a prolonged period against the tenants of at least...

Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...

An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...

For the first time since November 2019, rents in London grew faster than any other region in the country.   That’s the claim...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

John D Wood & Co has celebrated a major anniversary by opening its new headquarters in Belgravia. It’s 150 years ago since...

The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...

David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

Agents running their own businesses but attracted to the advantages of a corporate are being targeted by a new Business Integration...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

Agents with landlord clients who let properties in Central West Bromwich are being reminded to check if they should apply for...

Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...

Lettings and sales agency FleetMilne has acquired Knight Frank’s private client lettings business in Birmingham.  The purchase will boost FleetMilne’s managed lettings...

PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors the growing number of local council licensing regimes, has teamed up with an insurance broker. The link...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...

Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

The closely-fought battle between franchise lettings agencies in the private rental sector continues apace.  Maryam Bham, franchise sales manager at Hunters -...

A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...

Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

OnTheMarket says its innovations with partnerships in the lettings sector have played a part in its successful growth. In the 12 months...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...

The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...

A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...

A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims.  The...

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...

TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...

The costs of buy to let fixed rate mortgages have risen sharply with more increases likely if, as expected, the Bank...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

The fast-growing Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Interlet Sussex, a long-established independent agency. Interlet Sussex, based in Bognor Regis, was founded in...

Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...

Connells Group has named what it describes as “four key promotions” across its lettings division, signifying the company’s commitment to nurturing...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

High profile Welsh lettings agency Peter Alan has acquired West Quay Estates & Lettings as part of its long term strategy...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot project which claims it will cut down on ‘back office’ chores...

A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

Fresh data from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the average cost of rent in England reached £1,020 per property in May, up...

Last month’s local election results could yet impact on the private rental sector, a prominent industry supplier claims. The Association of Independent...

Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...

Rents in Prime London are still rising rapidly and the number of new lettings is limited thanks to the lack of...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

Property management business James Gibb has acquired the residential division of Dundee-based J Reavley Factoring Limited. The acquisition will increase the number...

A student-specialising lettings agency has been named as franchise of the year at the brand’s annual awards. Nicholas Humphreys Nottingham, one of...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...

There’s been a big rise in the number of private rental properties on the past decade, despite sweeping tax and regulation...

Property management platform and CRM provider teclet - owned by the OnTheMarket Group - has revealed another integration into its platform. This...

The man behind the Ideal Flatmate rental platform has now set up a Build To Rent portal called Your Place. All properties...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

Yet another independent agency has disappeared after being acquired by a national brand. The Huddersfield branch of Martin & Co has snapped...

A new software integration has produced what its creators claim will be the first data-driven lettings CRM.  Agents that use both Street.co.uk...

A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...