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A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

It may seem as if governments and councils are falling over themselves to change the private rental sector to win the...

One of the suppliers in the fiercely competitive world of deposit alternatives has introduced an ‘unlocking deposits’ option. From today, Zero Deposit...

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

Energy market regulator Ofgen is considering an amnesty for tenants and landlords, amongst others, to own up to ‘stealing’ energy through...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released a five point plan on how the public can choose a letting agent. 1....

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

A long-established agency in Wales says it’s shutting the sales side of its business and going to focus solely on lettings...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

Telephone answering service Moneypenny says agents’ missed calls typically double during the summer months while staff are on leave - meaning...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A London lettings agency that has already acquired an independent has now received what is described as a “six figure” loan...

PropTech supplier Movebubble claims that over 450,000 tenants use its app. Users can schedule viewings, share feedback with agents or landlords or...

The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

The comparison website MoneySuperMarket suggests that renters spend an average of £670 in additional costs when they move, on top of...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...

The Haart lettings agency says the government’s plan to abolish landlords’ Section 21 eviction powers may not be a bad thing. The...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...

The Ministry of Justice says it takes private landlords an average of 22.5 weeks from making a repossession claim to the...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...

The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...

Lloyds Bank appears to have contacted at least some of its letting agent clients to say that it is closing all...

A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...

PropTech, and specifically Artificial Intelligence, could help letting agents better cope with new demands created by further industry regulation. That’s the view...

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...

A respected lettings and sales agent has opened up about his own mental health issues and those which exist thanks to...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies.  The agency was...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

Belvoir has told its shareholders and the City that it enjoyed a strong first half of 2019 with its 300 High...

With less than four weeks to go to the start date of the Welsh Tenant Fees ban, the Association of Residential...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...

Hunters has expanded its franchise network once again with the opening of a new branch in Reading. Chas Shukla, director of Hunters...

Lettings software platform teclet has announced a strategic partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. It means MAB’s intermediary products and services will...

A rogue landlord who housed more than 25 tenants in a rundown property has been found guilty of serious housing and...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says there has been a record number of rent increases reported by its members. In a...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...

Foxtons has announced that it is officially freezing its fees to landlords. The move was previewed in Foxtons’ recent trading statement which...

Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...

A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

The right wing Adam Smith Institute is the latest organisation to voice its strong opposition to Labour’s proposed rent controls for...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

In what some see as a sign of the growing importance of the lettings sector over sales, Rightmove has acquired tenant...

The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index, looking at the market’s performance in June, has revealed year on...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding.  Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...

A platform which works with independent lettings agents and Build To Rent operators says it is linking them to provide mutual...

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...

Warwick district council has issued its first civil penalty to the landlord of an HMO. Glenn Gamblin, the landlord of the property...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

Northwood, one of the Belvoir Group brand agencies, has acquired independent agency Daisy Lets in Forest Hill. “Daisy Lets is a great...

A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...

The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has been chosen by CBRE UK Residential Lettings as the race for prominence in the sector continues. This is...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...

The Ministry of Justice has announced that body-worn cameras must be worn by bailiffs recovering debt from individuals. The ministry adds that...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...

There’s a warning this morning that the root-and-branch reform of the agency industry recommended by a government-backed working party will be...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been told by a lettings industry body that he’ll lose votes if he introduces rent controls...

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

Trade organisations including the Association of Residential Letting Agents have welcomed today’s publication of the report of the Regulation of Property...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

A rogue landlord in Chesterfield has received a hefty fine for a second time after the council took her to court...

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

Portsmouth council is the latest local authority to offer to rent properties from private landlords to let out to the homeless.  The...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

Work has started on a new 216-unit Build To Rent project in Leeds; it’s to be known as Fabrik. Grainger is the...

Could this be the latest way for letting agents to spread their risk and diversify their offer to clients - by...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

The Southampton branch of Martin & Co has more than doubled its business after acquiring an independent agent in the city. It’s...

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has teamed up with mydeposits - and claims to now be the first provider to bring tenancy...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...

Both sides of the Right To Rent debate are squaring up for their latest court battle. Earlier this year the High Court...

The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...

An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...

There’s been an “unprecedented” across-the-board fall in fixed rate buy to let mortgage rates according to an online investment platform.   Property Master...

A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...

Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...

A rental provider specialising in property for older tenants has attacked what he calls “hidden costs” involved when people buy purpose-built...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within...

The chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is predicting that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology...

Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...

The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...

A former footballer's estate agency has completed the first stage of its expansion programme with an acquisition. Hamilton Bower, co-founded by ex-Bradford...

The 45+ age demographic is the fastest growing tenant market, according to flatsharing site SpareRoom. The website's data shows that the total...

The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

Average rents performed strongly across many parts of the country last month, but floundered in London and the South East. Goodlord's Rental...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

National agency Martin & Co has announced the acquisition of independent Essex agency Owen Lyons. Martin & Co Chelmsford owner Stephen Frost...

Landlords can make savings by switching their buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages as average costs have started to fall.  The latest analysis from Mortgage...

Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...

A national letting agency has vowed to return to an 'aggressive growth strategy' as it looks to make several acquisitions. Lomond Capital...

Only one in three landlords across the buy-to-let market earn their sole living from their property portfolio, according to research. Specialist lender...

Institutional investment in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector reached a record high last year, according to fresh research from Bidwells.  The...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...

A London council wants to extend its private rental sector licensing scheme - and in doing so is boasting of the...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...

The latest owner of a Belvoir franchise is a 31-year-old former part-time assistant at the company, who rose to office manager...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

A branch of Whitegates, part of The Property Franchise Group, has purchased an independent local operation to increase its managed property...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

An independent review into selective licensing in the private rental sector makes a series of recommendations to tighten processes, with the...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

Letting agencies can reduce the number of complaints about the industry and improve their own customer service and relationships by improving...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

A short lets management firm has acquired a PropTech platform and claims it will help owners “see their true profit potentials”...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

An activists’s group which in the past has held protests immediately outside letting agents’ offices is appealing for £10,000 to develop...

A rent guarantor service says it’s already chosen 25 lettings agents to take part in a trial of what it calls...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...

A group of activists has expressed outrage over a council’s private rental licensing scheme, claiming it is too small to catch...

Despite criticism from some within the industry about the effects of short lets, the high-end agency Knight Frank has spoken of...

Local authority officers have found three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent,...

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...

There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced a link with insurance product and moving services operation The Lettings Hub. Lettings Hub offers...

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

The online platform teclet, which enables agents to automate the lettings and management process, has announced that Movinghub has become an...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

Whirlpool has been ordered to recall 500,000 tumble dryers in what has been described as an “unprecedented” government move. Around half a million...

A leading housing market analyst says the sales market is increasingly determined by the acts of buy to let and other...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...

Private landlords are being asked to consider letting out their properties through the local council.  Slough council is looking for flats and...

Another independent agency has been acquired by franchise giant Martin & Co.  The firm’s Southend franchisee purchased the managed properties of local...

Some observers think it may be unwise for agencies to reveal too many details of perks for staff but Connells has...

The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about the online lettings agency Upad. The agency had a reference ion...

Consultation is underway to extend a landlord licensing scheme in a London borough where a third of households rents privately.  Three types...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

Administrators have been appointed as a result of action taken by a major creditor of Brighton Holiday Homes, the agency which...

A record number of tenancies have been agreed above £5,000 per week in London during the first four months of the...

A PropTech product is claiming a breakthrough for letting agents who can now access same-day referencing on prospective tenants. LetAlliance claims that...

A branch of the Property Franchise Group brand Whitegates has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Whitegates Huddersfield now has over 700...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

One of the growing number of deposit alternative services, flatfair, has announced a partnership with lettings platform Goodlord. Agents and landlords can...

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

A branch of national agency Parkers has bolstered its managed portfolio by acquiring independent company Samuel James. Parkers’ Reading branch has also...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

The owners of Cardiff’s branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co have more than doubled their managed portfolio...

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding.  EBG, which was...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice has hailed the Tenant Fees Act and the ban on letting agents’ charges to renters as...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...

The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...

The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...

The management company of a private New York City rental apartment complex is to install a facial recognition system which must...

The public are described as being “sceptical and confused” over the fees ban that comes into effect tomorrow.  A survey by insurance...

The Tenant Fees Act coming into effect tomorrow and banning fees on tenants in England has been given a ringing endorsement...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says that success of its information centre shows that the industry wants more information on the deposit...

An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...

Lettings agents are being urged to educate themselves as much as possible about rival deposit alternative schemes which are becoming increasingly...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...