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Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme. The first is Bower & Bower (B&B), a sales and lettings...

The lettings market is looking distinctly healthier now than a month ago according to data just released by board company Agency...

A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...

Sourced, which describes itself as the largest property investment platform in the UK, has secured its 25th franchise some 10 months...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

A TV station has gone public on revealing what it calls “the world’s worst lettings agency” - but it may not...

It’s been revealed that a church is amongst those owed thousands of pounds by a letting agent who has gone to...

Propio, another crowdfunding platform, has launched with the ambitious claim of expecting returns from residential investments of between six and 15...

The government has announced a review to assess how selective licensing is used and find out how well it is working...

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...

A city council is to investigate the impact of Airbnb and other short let online platforms on the local housing market...

One of the biggest and earliest companies investing in Britain’s fast-growing Build To Rent sector has expanded its partnership with one...

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network.  All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...

The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...

A PropTech firm has analysed London’s rental market and its results again spell bad news for those in the sector in...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

A collection of rental sector protest organisations is getting together to campaign against S21 powers under which landlords or agents on...

Norfolk-based estate agency Sowerbys is the latest to announce that it is offering its landlords the opportunity to use a deposit-free...

Landlords exiting the market because of tax and red tape have led to “an acute shortage of available properties to rent”...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

Figures from UK Finance show there were 5,000 new buy to let house purchase mortgages completed in April - the latest data...

A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...

An online property platform that last year said tenants prefer to deal directly with landlords has returned to the theme with...

One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...

A new lettings agency set up at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset says it’s setting out to atone for the misdemeanours of nearby...

Letting agents and landlords could be missing out on £61m of rent every month because families in temporary and emergency accommodation...

The average rent in the UK is now £919, up two per cent on the same time last year according to...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

Letting agents and landlords will have to win planning consent to erect To Let signs in student areas of Leicester from...

A survey suggests that 40 per cent of tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents or landlords and when they check out...

Multi-brand agency company Acorn Group says it has rolled out a no-deposit scheme to all 31 of its offices “with a...

A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...

A Member of Parliament who says “the majority of agents” engage in “dirty tactics” when it comes to fees imposed on...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

New research nearly two out of five landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to...

A trade body is advising landlords and agents acting on their behalf to take precautions to protect their investments if they...

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...

Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...

Lettings portal Ezylet has partnered with Revolut, a digital banking company.  Revolut’s product allows users to make free international ATM withdrawals and...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...

A rent guarantor service based in London and previously aiming itself at the UK market is expanding into the Republic of...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...

Knight Knox, a property consultancy specialising in investment, has launched an online platform, yieldit, which aims to simplify the sale and...

The GMB trades union has waded in to the debate over whether rents in the private rental sector in London are...

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...

There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

An adjudicator with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has given advice on how to avoid disputes over gardening this summer. Writing on the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing the highest number of landlords selling their buy to let properties...

A trade body is claiming that armed service personnel who let out their homes whilst stationed away are being hit by...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...

A Build To Rent company that scrapped deposits for tenants a year ago says it has saved renters almost £3m in...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...

Telford Homes says some of its massive 35 per cent growth in pre-tax profits over the past year is down to...

A high-profile landlord says the upcoming ban on letting agent fees 'can't come soon enough'. Writing a column in the Evening Standard's...

Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...

A letting agency says it is on course to manage 1,000 properties before it marks its tenth anniversary next year.  Tay Letting,...

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...

The government has responded to a petition calling for it to abolish the 3% stamp duty surcharge and reintroduce full buy-to-let...

Buy-to-let lender Paragon says it has seen a 'marked shift' towards buy-to-let activity among professional investors. The organisation reports that this is...

A new study has revealed that the key reason tenants move between rental properties is to experience a different area. This is...

The chief executive of the UK's largest franchise agency, Belvoir, says the number of letting and estate agents will 'undoubtedly fall'...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...

As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...

York's largest letting agency has completed the biggest acquisition in its 21-year history. Eleven-branch network Linley & Simpson - which operates across...

This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...

Foxtons has lost an appeal against the £35,000 fine it was hit with at the end of last year.  The agency was...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

Flatsharing website Ideal Flatmate has passed the seed funding milestone of £1 million. The website - which includes former Green & Co...

An online petition which calls on the government to reintroduce full buy-to-let mortgage interest tax relief and abolish the 3% stamp...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...

The UK’s largest franchise agency has secured funding which it will use to strengthen its growth and acquisition strategy. Belvoir has secured...

There was a decline in both the number of To Let and Let By properties during April, according to the latest...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...

A lettings agency that started life as an idea between two friends 15 years ago is now celebrating managing over £100m...

The Build To Rent provider Grainger has reported a 23 per cent rise in profits and says it is looking for...

The Property Ombudsman has issued its annual report for 2017 and it makes grim reading for the rental sector - there’s...

Two rogue letting agents in London have been fined thousands of pounds as part of a council campaign to clean up...

The latest major piece of research into the private rental sector is forecasting a huge surge in demand - meaning there...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

A lettings trade body says 380,000 landlords may be about to sell at least one property - potentially flooding the sales market. The...

A Birmingham letting agent has a new way of resolving arrears run up by some of his tenants - he goes...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

One of the UK’s largest block management agencies, the Residential Management Group, has opened a new northern office in recognition of...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...

The National Federation of Builders is linking up with a lettings trade body to make it easier for reputable craftspeople to...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

A bid to allow good tenants’ rent records count towards their creditworthiness has taken a step forward thanks to Big Issue...

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

Time to put the gloom and doom about buy to let to one side - a new analysis shows that a...

Older people aged 40 and above are now almost twice as likely to be renting their home from a private landlord...

A specialist insurance provider says there is substantial mis-buying of insurance products by buy to let investors.  A survey of 500 landlords...

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...

The Lomond Capital acquisition bandwagon continues apace with the latest independent to be snapped up being the well known Bonett’s Estate...

Strutt & Parker says the take up of new rental tenancies in prime central London in the first quarter of this...

A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...

Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, has snapped up a 132-flat Build To Rent scheme in Southampton for £27m.  The project...

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...

The average rent in the UK is now £918, up by 1.5 per cent on the same time last year according...

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...

One of the most famous names in buy to let mortgages, Paragon, has revealed that it’s on the acquisition trail. There had...

A lettings agency has been fined over £20,000 for failing to licence an overcrowded semi detached house in London. The fine was...

An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...

Reeds Rains has snapped up one of north west England’s better known independent lettings agencies, Nurture.  Nurture is owned by James Coubrough...

One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...

We’re delighted to announce that Elaine Kellington from Kelso in the Scottish Borders is winner of the Landlord Of The Year...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

A newly built, boutique development of eight luxury Build To Rent apartments has come to the market in uber-fashionable Shoreditch, east...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

Midlands-based SDL Group has announced the sale of a Birmingham residential lettings portfolio to Lomond Capital. SDL Property Management now focuses on...

The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...

A buy to let investor faces a fine of £7,000 plus costs and a victim surcharge for failing to upgrade his...

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time.  This...

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid is being urged to look again at the Right To Rent policy and produce “a...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement by the short let management service Airsorted because the firm was unable to...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

There’s been a huge 43 per cent rise in the number of London properties registered to be short let on Airbnb...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...

A second journalist at the London-based financial newspaper City AM has launched an attack on letting agencies - while the furore...

New guidance over Right To Rent, issued by the government in what appears to be a panic response to the Windrush...

A leading property disputes solicitor has joined a growing chorus of criticism of how Right To Rent will cope with issues...

One of Britain’s best known lettings agents has hit back at a journalist’s claims that the industry is in danger of...

Research by a prominent letting agency suggests that the majority of renters in his city would be happy to sign tenancy...

The owner of a Plymouth lettings agency is to stand trial in November and faces charges of fraud, false accounting and...

The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...

Rules introduced last autumn by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority are hurting the buy to let mortgage market according...

A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...

The lettings market remains steady with demand roughly unchanged in March compared to the previous month according to the latest figures...

Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...

Central London agency Portico has removed a property listing from Rightmove after intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA received a...

The scramble for members amongst rival redress systems continues apace. Earlier this week The Property Ombudsman announced it was to waive joining...

The JLL lettings team says it is now seeing competitive bidding now taking place on a number of developments in central London. The firm...

A new property management franchise operation, established late last year, is beefing up its training to cover GDPR, sales and marketing. SDL...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of fixed-rate buy to let mortgages available to limited companies, says independent mortgage...

A survey suggests that the ability to have a pet in a rental property is more important than ease of parking...

Property crowdfunding projects are now the investments of choice for millennials according to a PropTech platform.  Shojin Property Partners claims to have...

Labour insists that if it forms the next government it will introduce ‘living rents’ in a new range of affordable homes...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of 35 HMO-related offences - and has to pay a total fine...

A survey has revealed that with over 145 individual laws and more than 400 regulations to follow, it’s dangerous for landlords...

A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

Over half of mortgage brokers say they have been approached by buy to let investors seeking to diversify their portfolios within...

Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...

Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

The chief of a PropTech firm says letting agents should consider participating in the growing Build to Rent sector.  Until now, many...

A TV show on Channel 5 this evening may well serve as a warning to letting agents about the dangers of...

Kay & Co, Carter Jonas and Druce have been appointed as joint sole letting agent for the entire Howard de Walden...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

One of the six PropTech start-ups shortlisted to develop a system allowing tenants’ rental histories to count towards their creditworthiness says...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...

A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...

Airbnb has announced that it has teamed up with three hosting agencies in the UK in a bid to make the...

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...

The number of landlords re-mortgaging to release money for home improvements has reached a record high according to Countrywide. In the last...

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

New figures show a 30 per cent rise in the past year in the number of Build To Rent units planned,...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...

The new sole chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says he wants the service to be at the heart...

The price of some buy to let mortgages looks set to rise across the board following the decisions of two of...

Specialist funding platform Property Partner has conducted a survey which suggests that 54 per cent of landlords are selling all or some...

A property managing agent has been ordered to pay £40,000 following the death of a woman at a fire at a...

Franchises giant Belvoir says there are over 10,000 potential acquisition targets which could be wanting a way out of the lettings...

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has revealed where voids are at their worst in the rental sector - and where...

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

Some 43 per cent of all stamp duty comes from buy to let investors and holiday home purchasers - and almost...

Belvoir has reported a year of strong growth in 2017, with group revenue up 14 per cent and pre-tax profit soaring...

A PropTech firm which uses so-called ‘sherpas’ to find lettings properties for would-be renters, is now seeking £250,000 through crowdfunding to...

It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...

The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

The number of buy to let investors in the UK has hit a record high of 2.5m in the latest tax...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...

Ian Wilson, chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, says new rules for regulating the lettings sector will probably be clumsily...

A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...

The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...

The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...

A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...

ARLA has branded the government’s long-awaited database of rogue landlords as “pointless” because it will not be made public. The Ministry of...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

A consumer group says that the Tenants Fees Bill - which will eventually ban letting agents’ fees levied on renters -...

The Property Ombudsman is the latest property industry player to throw its support behind the introduction of mandatory qualifications and a...

A council says it is adopting a new approach to proactively tackling poor housing conditions in privately rented homes in one...

A Derby-based agency says it’s on the acquisition trail and seeking lettings operations to take over. Birchover Sales and Lettings - led...

A property company that failed to repair a pigeon-infested loft has been fined a total of £31,026, including an order to...

Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

The controversial Right To Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right...

A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...

Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...

Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning that “thousands” of landlords simply are not ready for energy efficiency changes coming...

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...

A short lets management firm claims Londoners who let their homes over the upcoming Easter weekend could bag themselves a small...

Lavanda, a platform for short-lets backed by Purplebricks’ co-founder Kenny Bruce, says it is to roll-out across the UK from later...

Spicerhaart has signed up with a deposit-free renting platform to offer landlords and tenants the option of working with a no-deposit system...

Stirling Ackroyd, the six-branch estate and letting agency bought last summer by Nick Dunning Associates, has acquired the lettings book of...

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...

The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...

Well known lettings industry figure John Hards is re-joining Countrywide as National Lettings Director with immediate effect. He first joined Countrywide in...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

The ESTAS has announced its final and, to many, its most prestigious shortlist for this year’s awards - a special category...

New research reveals that only 16 per cent of private tenants positively choose to rent. The study, commissioned by specialist insurance firm...

A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...

A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...

Proposals to cap security deposits for private rented housing to six weeks rent risk creating a charter for rent cheats warns...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is sending its congratulations to the writers of an EastEnders storyline tackling problems in the private rented sector. A recent...

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...

Countrywide has announced that Dan Channer - a well-known figure in the lettings industry generally, and managing director of Oxford-based Finders...

Board company Agency Express says the buoyant start to the year’s lettings market has given way to a slowdown. In its February...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...

Another property crowdfunding investment product has been launched, aiming to offer investors an alternative to the increasingly regulated and taxed buy...

The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

The government says that later this year it will allocate a further £1.4m to PropTech firms looking at how tenants’ rent...

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...

The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...

As students begin their search for housing for the next academic year, a university has relaunched a dedicated lettings agency service The...

A new Build To Rent scheme being launched shortly in Greenwich offers tenants an on-site concierge-style ‘host’, a lounger, co-working space...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

A Kent county councillor says letting agents “would have to be pretty dumb” to allow a situation arise whereby they would...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has renewed its call for letting agents and other property professionals to back an online...

Leaders has completed its 10th acquisition in the last nine months. It has snapped up Temples agency which gives it new branches...

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...

The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...

There has been a drop in the proportion of people becoming buy to let landlords in order to boost their retirement...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

Hybrid brand EweMove says its purchase of a traditional lettings agency with 350 properties on its book constitutes its biggest biggest...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...

A new survey suggests that only four per cent of tenants and landlords are aware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...

Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand.  Airsorted provides...

Our thanks to the eagle-eyed Richard Cross of B H Realty for spotting one or two less-than-perfect things on a Rightmove...

The National Landlords Association is seeking property professionals to be its local representatives across the country. The association says these representatives “are...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...