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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...

Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, has now snapped up Movem. Movem uses personal online banking transaction data...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...

Managing agency Rendall & Rittner has scooped a Platinum Investors in People award, demonstrating commitment to high performance through good people...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

Franchise giant Belvoir Lettings has told the City and the firm’s shareholders that revenues and profits have risen in the first...

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

The lettings book of My London Home will be absorbed into the Stirling Ackroyd portfolio and rebranded this autumn. Consisting of nearly...

More independent lettings agencies - Anthony Pepe, Let Leeds and Alexander & Co (formerly kaleidoscope Group) - have signed up to...

A letting agent operating in Cambridgeshire has seemingly 'gone to ground', owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds. Frank Smart, who has...

It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...

The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

Fast-growing regional Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has announced the details of two new acquisitions. It has picked up the lettings books...

The average rent in the UK increased by 0.13% last month - the highest level of monthly growth recorded since April...

A landlord in Reading has been handed a huge fine for serious breaches of fire safety regulations.  Philip Brotherton's company Cresctcourt Properties...

Members of the Guild of Property Professionals will be given access to a series of training videos put together by former...

The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...

A London council has fined a letting agency over £10,000 for failing to install smoke alarms in a rental property. Waltham Forest...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

Rent recognition platform CreditLadder, which enables renters to add their payments to their credit history, has announced a partnership which aims...

Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...

The police have launched a fraud probe against a Norfolk estate agency which closed in June.  The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) reports...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...

A landlord has been hit with a total fine of almost £40,000 for breaching House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) management regulations. David...

The government's director of rented housing is set to address the industry at an upcoming event open to letting agents and...

The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

A top London letting agent working for Knight Frank has commented on the 'irony' that the government's series of tax changes...

An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...

An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...

The popular belief that equity release damages the housing market is being challenged by claims from ER company Retirement Advantage. It claims...

High end agency Knight Frank is reorganising a regional lettings division in a bid to create a ‘hub’ system which should...

An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...

A retail executive with specialist knowledge of customer loyalty has become the new chief executive of the Residential Landlords Association.   Andrew...

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

In what seems to be increasingly rare good news for the private rental sector, ARLA says demand from new tenants has...

An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...

OneSavings Bank, the parent organisation of specialist buy to let lender Kent Reliance, has given a warning on the possible impact...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

Data produced by Sainsbury’s Bank Mortgages gives a trend-bucking upbeat assessment of investors’ renewed interest in buy to let.  Figures siuggest that...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

The average age of buyers of properties for buy to let has dropped from 52.3 years in 2014 to 42 years...

A London local authority is looking for the landlord of a bungalow which had two bedrooms but was home to 15...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

The mystery surrounding a lettings and estate agency on the island of Guernsey offers an insight into a system where companies...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

Belvoir, the UK’s largest high street franchised agency network, has made major changes to its top table with promotions for two...

Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey.  Research for...

SDL Group is celebrating its 2,000th tenant in the new but fast-growing Build To Rent sector.  SDL works with developer Sigma Capital Group...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

A Build To Rent operator is marking its 2,000th new-build home - an indication of how the sector is starting to...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

The lettings sector is in the midst of a summer slowdown with no pick up in activity expected until next month,...

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

The Rent Recognition Challenge, an initiative to use technology to help share renters' payment histories with lenders and credit reference agencies,...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

A series of acquisitions by The Property Franchise Group this year has added over 3,000 managed properties to its portfolio this year...

LetsBid, a digital online auction service for lettings and sales, has extended its pre-screening service for agents with a new agreement...

A Luton lettings agency and its director, plus a landlord, have all been found guilty of offences related to a breach...

The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...

Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...

The latest figures produced by Countrywide show a slow rise in rents across most of the country with the notable exception of...

The government has outlined increases in powers it wants to give social housing tenants - but no details of increases in social housing building. The...

A buy to let investor has been fined £20,000 after a kitchen fire that occurred in May last year at a...

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...

The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...

A leading trade body says EU citizens living in the UK run the risk of losing their rental homes without swift...

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...

You may have spotted a particularly entertaining ad yesterday for lettings property management firm ARPM - it’s the one that featured...

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with InventoryBase, a software supplier which has...

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

There are now only eight weeks left for agents to apply to join a new statutory register which comes into effect...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

Average rents in London are £1,615, up 3.3 per cent on last year, according to HomeLet’s latest index. This is the first...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...

Opposition is growing fast to the threat of another stamp duty attack on the buy to let sector, rumoured to be...

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”.  Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...

A lettings agency has teamed up with a university to give young students an insight into how small businesses operate. Priestley’s, a...

A London council has agreed to a TV crew taking part in a raid on an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO. The surprise...

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

A letting agent who stole a reported £700,000 from clients has been jailed for five years and has been described by...

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

A self-employed gas fitter has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely...

The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says lettings agents should be more vocal in providing the government with feedback on council rental licensing...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector, says it has pre-let 50 per...

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...

Data from Knight Frank’s lettings division suggests that rents in the troubled Prime Central London area have risen for the second...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £13,000 for breaching the conditions of his licence as a result of...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...

It appears that take-up of an apparently compulsory licensing scheme in one city has been shockingly low - and the scheme...

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...

The former office manager of an estate agency in Scunthorpe conned her employer out of over £34,000, a court has heard. Local...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty has moved into a new home and says it plans to double its staff by adding five...

London is back as the most popular part of the UK for buy to let investment according to an analysis undertaken...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

The number of tenants experiencing rent hikes rose to 35 per cent in June, up from 28 per cent in May...

It’s a conundrum for many, especially those moving to the capital...but portal OnTheMarket claims it knows exactly where it is cheapest...

The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit service is to be used by growing lettings operation Nick Dunning Associates as an alternative to the...

The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...

The number of lettings transactions in Prime Central London in the second quarter of this year slumped 15 per cent compared...

Britain’s most controversial landlord, Fergus Wilson, says the recent changes in buy to let legislation means that if he was starting...

An insurer is launching a new referral scheme for letting agents to market to landlords and tenants as a way of...

The concept of deposit alternatives is gathering pace and now one PropTech firm closely involved in it - Reposit - has...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

One of London’s leading letting agencies says in the current neutral rental market, buy to let owners must work hard to...

An investor has been fined £2,525 after failing to licence her property and allegedly providing inadequate living conditions for her tenants. Adeola...

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...

All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

The lettings agency Elet, based in Harrogate, has appointed liquidators.  A Letting Agent Today reader spotted an announcement about the move in...

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...

A lender has launched a new product which is thought to be the first mortgage explicitly aimed at borrowers who propose...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

Prime central London lettings agency Draker has teamed up with a luxury interiors retailer and interior designer to launch what it...

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals  The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...