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The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member.  Available in 43 languages...

Rents across Greater London are up 21 per cent year-on-year according to the Home property website, which prepares a mon they...

An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...

Paragon Bank says the proportion of landlords with tenants in arrears has fallen to its lowest level since 2017. The same applies...

Martin & Co’s Huddersfield branch is the latest part of the franchise operation to snap up an independent agency. Branch owner Will...

There were 108 new applicants registered per Propertymark member lettings agency branch on average in January, compared to just 64 in...

The Lettings Hub is celebrating its 10th birthday this week with 10 days of giveaways to customers, clients, employees, suppliers and...

A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...

Over half of all fraudulent tenancy applications involve fake or doctored pay slips, a PropTech firm claims. Goodlord analysed a sample size...

Lomond, which in the past two years has made 40 acquisitions of mostly small independent agencies, has marked its second anniversary...

A prominent Scottish lettings agent says the decision of Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland’s First Minister may offer a chance...

The rate of rental growth in Prime London has started to ease and may even have levelled off, says data firm...

An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords has beaten its target to raise £850,000 In investment - and it’s still...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...

The mass exodus of landlords unhappy with increased tax and regulation appears not to have happened - at least yet. A quarterly...

Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

Large areas of the country  will remain without vital legal advice to prevent evictions if the government fails to persuade law...

The Solihull branch of Hunters has acquired independent agency Searchers, which was set up back in 1995. Becki Dean, lettings director for...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...

Propertymark has hit out at a proposal from a group of MPs that there should be a single Ombudsman covering the...

A former lettings manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding her agency employers for almost five years - but there’s uncertainty over...

The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...

The rapid recovery in London rents post-Covid has seen the capital’s tenants leave in record numbers, according to new research from...

The latest market analysis by London lettings agency Chestertons, comparing January 2023 to the same month last year, shows the rental...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

The activist group Generation Rent is backing a call by MPs for the government to tighten up proposals to scrap Section...

Agents are confused over so-called digital identity verification - and some suppliers may be trying to dupe agents. That’s the claim from...

Price growth in the rental market is predicted to continue throughout 2023 but there are tentative signs that rent hikes are...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...

A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...

The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...

Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti.  Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...

Fine & Country holds its international conference on March 10 and according to the agency it will be attended by representatives...

The owner of a property in the Leicestershire village of Great Dalby has been fined after removing two trees within a...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...

A property firm has been fined £8,000 for operating an HMO on one of Britain’s most famous roads. Westminster council has won...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...

A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...

Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...

OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...

A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...

Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

The headlines from yesterday’s Bank of England announcement are dominated by the base rate rise, but there’s been some unexpected good...

Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

Another PropTech application is being integrated with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme API. The integration is with Apex 27 which claims its mission...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

It’s been revealed that agents have been kicked out of The Property Ombudsman in recent months for failing to pay compensatory...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

Attempted fraud in the letting sector has risen sharply over the past two years, it’s been claimed. Tenant reference provider Homeppl claims...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

The anti-agent pro-renter group Acorn has protested outside some agents’ offices in Bristol demanding an end to rival bids for properties...

An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords is seeking an additional £850,000 In investment. Lettingaproperty is using crowdfunding site Seedrs for...

Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round.  The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...

Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors.  The...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...

The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...

Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...

High end agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty - which has properties to let at up to an eye-watering cost of £80,000...

A rent guarantor provider has announced a deal with agency Clever Student Lets. The provider - called RentGuarantor - says the deal...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

Private rents rose by 4.2 per cent in the year to December according to official government figures released this week -...

PropTech firm Goodlord has acquired lettings platform Halo. It’s Goodlord’s third acquisition in as many years. Halo, launched in 2020, provides tenants with...