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Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

Tenants seeking a way to buy a home have been given at least slightly reassuring news by Rightmove. The portal says the...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the lettings agency chain that it wants to look after its upcoming Build To Rent units. The...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it now has a record membership of 1,200. UKALA describes itself as “a professional association...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

The long-awaited supply increase in the prime London lettings market is underway, says high-end agency Knight Frank.  The agency says the underlying...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired small independent single-branch Rosedale Letting Specialists. The acquisition gives the group a new location in Lincolnshire, and...

Agency group My Property Box is continuing its long-term partnership with Darlington FC as sleeve sponsors for the 2023/24 season. The Darlington-headquartered...

Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its fourth business so far this year - and with it, hundreds of lettings...

Rightmove is to provide agents with local market data and easier access to training at a series of Propertymark regional events. Rightmove...

TV property guru Phil Spencer is urging lettings agents to prepare for a surge in the number of older tenants and...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a one hour online course explaining the controversial Renters Reform Bill. The aim is to equip letting...

A letting platform says what it calls “the rental chaos” of the current market has now end in sight. New data from...

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

Well known lettings agency Gascoigne Halman has seen the move of two letting agents to one of its branches. Heather Wynn and...

Manchester-based lettings agency Ascend Properties has consolidated its role in the single-family Build To Rent niche with its appointment by investment...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

The Law Society is raising concerns over the effectiveness of a new support service aimed at tenants at risk of losing...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

Rightmove has launched a new tool to help agencies manage Rightmove training and make the most of the ever-growing range of...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...

Agency brothers Matt and Neil Baldock have completed the purchase of one of Chelmsford’s oldest letting agencies, First Choice.  The brothers will...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

West Wales Home Rentals - part of an agency group set up three decades ago - has snapped up the property...

A retirement forecast suggests older renters may struggle as demographic and property market figures change over time. Scottish Widows’ annual retirement report,...

A law firm says the Renters Reform Bill is driving buy to let investors to quit because of their fears over...

Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...

Elliot Leigh - an agency that is the largest guaranteed rent provider in London and Essex - has completed phase one...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...

HM Treasury has published a consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering supervisory system, giving four options. Currently the supervisory system is...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

Belvoir franchisee Lloyd Rumbold has completed on the acquisition of Belvoir West Bridgford, adding a fourth franchise to his portfolio of...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...

The Renters Reform Bill will cost letting agents over £275m in the next decade as fewer landlords use their services. That’s the...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank has appointed Andrew Twagira as head of lettings in its Aldgate office in London. Twagira joined...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

A lettings firm’s takeover of an independent rival agency is the start of a period of “exponential growth” according to its...

A stark warning has been made to lettings and estate agents that interest rates as high as seven per cent may...

Chester-based Residential Estates, established over 30 years ago, has been rebranded as Guestz.  The firm says it’s from a local lettings and...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...

South East property group Beresfords has appointed Bernadette Barcham to its Board of Directors.  A statement from the firm says the move...

The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...

A study by consumer intelligence service TwentyCi shows a continued severe under-supply of properties in the private rental sector.  It says that...

London-focussed lettings and sales agency Chestertons has announced its second acquisition in six weeks and third of the year, having snapped...

Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...

The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector.  It says that in June the number...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

A new study claims to reveal what it calls “a significant disparity in the spare room rental market.”  The research shows that...

Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...

The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

The average rent on a newly let property in Britain rose to £1,273 pcm in June, a new record according to...

A trio of rent guarantee and referencing services are setting up their own law firm pitched at winning clients from the...

Increasing numbers of relatively well-paid tenants are being asked to provide a guarantor. That’s the view of PropTech firm Goodlord which says...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

Property Academy guru Peter Knight has made an unusual revelation in a new podcast - he’s told of his link to...

Colliers, the agency and property consultancy, has issued another outspoken attack on government policy - this time prompted by a formal...

Propertymark has put forward a six-point plan to slash economic crime in the property sector. The trade body says a series of...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...

It appears that a “wider range of behaviours” are likely to be taken into account in future when tenants are considered...

A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...