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Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many tenants and landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring deposits...

The owner of Martin & Co’s Blackpool branch has made it a year to remember after securing another independent acquisition.  Hamza Anwar...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

ARLA has made it clear to attendees at next month’s Propertymark Conference and Exhibition in London that they must show proof...

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...

Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

After becoming the first large agency to move to electric BMW i3s in 2019, Chestertons is urging others in the industry to follow...

PropTech supplier Goodlord, which says it’s working with 1,100 agency branches already, has introduced a new product. It says its Rent Collection...

Airbnb is adding property characteristics such as verified WiFi speed to its details in a bid to win more business and...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation.  The island’s Economic and International...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members.   Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

Local media in Bournemouth report that a man was stopped by the police when he was seen after dark carrying a...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

Charters Group, the south of England agency, has announced a further acquisition that will grow its residential lettings operations. Charters Estate Agents will combine...

Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

A local authority has launched a free service seeking to avoid evictions. New Forest council says its new 'Call Before You Serve' programme is a free service providing...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

Media reports in Stoke on Trent say a man was arrested after a police raid on the Homes2Let lettings agency in...

A recent industry roundtable event hosted by PayProp, which brought together some of the lettings industry’s biggest hitters, will be live streamed next week...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Five PropTech firms have linked up to produce a so-called White Paper giving a glimpse in what they think the agency...

A brand within the fast-expanding Lomond Group has sealed its second acquisition within a fortnight, adding a further 200 properties to...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

The next episode of the Channel 5 show Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords this evening features an agent offering a supposed guaranteed...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the market cooling, but with year-on-year demand still high in comparison...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

PropTech platform Fixflo has launched what it calls a self-service training academy. It has already had a soft launch with 90 per...

Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today.  All...

There may be a breakthrough in clearing the huge backlog of possession cases as the government is allocating an extra £324m...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

Some agents allied with deposit alternative service flatfair - and who previously offered the service to new tenants - are now going...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp - which aims to focus letting agents on the structure of their business whilst also breaking boards and...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...

Some 4,500 people and 90 exhibitors attended the Property Investor Show a few days ago - the first face-to-face event of...

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...

A marketing firm says super-speedy virtual tours - similar in duration to many videos on the TikTok social network - are...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has announced a new integration with deposit alternative service Reposit.  Agents were already able to offer their...

Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Consultation begins today on a selective licensing scheme for privately rented housing in 25 wards of Birmingham. Under the suggested scheme, all...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions.  Bective’s head of...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Pressure continues to build on letting agents to play a greater role in the adoption of smart meters across the private...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...

One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

A Foxtons-owned lettings agency says 60 per cent of tenants and would-be buyers say they are not confident negotiating asking rents...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

As energy costs continue to rise, agents are being urged to promote the use of smart meters. That’s the view of Safeagent...

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last.   The number of...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

North of England agency Robert Watts is expanding into Halifax after completing the acquisition of independent firm Bennett Kaye for an...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...

A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...

Lettings technology platform Goodlord has acquired a new app called acasa.  acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household...

Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings.  Managing...

ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

Agents’ marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a new integration live and ready to install on Reapit’s AppMarket. BriefYourMarket first integrated with Reapit’s...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...

A lettings agency’s research has revealed that rental demand has continued to climb across most major UK cities during the third quarter...

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...

The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...

There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

Campaign group Generation Rent, led by former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has renewed its call for the scrapping of Section 21...

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...

Record demand and low levels of supply have pushed the number of tenants experiencing rental increases to new highs, lettings agents...

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

Lettings platform Goodlord has opened its doors north of the border.  Agents based in Scotland can now sign up to Goodlord, which...

An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

One of the leading estate agency groups in the UK has said it places high value on internal development following the...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...

The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...

Agency and real estate company JLL is going head-to-head with Airbnb after launching its own short term rentals platform.  The website, called...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly.  Research by furnishings provider...

Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease.  Tom Bill, Knight...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. “We welcome today’s...

A six-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, has been handed to a former lettings agent from Eastbourne for charges of...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

Lettings agents have highlighted a lack of stock as their main concern, research claims. The latest State of the Lettings Industry report...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

One in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance, new research claims. Analysis of inspection figures by Gas...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...

Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...

More than a third of renters haven’t taken out contents insurance for their possessions. Analysis by insurance provider Trōv has found that...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

A branch of national lettings agency Martin & Co is under new ownership. Landlord and property developer Grant Simpson has purchased the...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

Letting Agents should aim for 50 per cent profit margins according to a high profile former president of ARLA. Sally Lawson says...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...

A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...

Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

Let Tech Solutions, a PropTech firm which now works with more than half of all property managers in Scotland, is expanding...

Specialist property lender Castle Trust Bank has agreed a £13.2m development loan for a Build To Rent scheme within a mixed...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

The government has updated its formal guidance to letting agents and landlords on Right To Rent. This sets out the continuation of online...

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

Virtual Right To Rent checks by agents, which were to have been illegal from just next week, are now permissible until...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...