New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...
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![Labour has a mandate to help renters become buyers - PropTech claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Guidance for Agents on smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
Mandatory smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms will be introduced to private rented sector properties in Northern Ireland. Under the Smoke, Heat...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Yes to Regulation and No to Rent Controls - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property management firm hit with £500,000 health and safety fine](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined400x310.jpg)
A housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Minister to address agents ahead of General Election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Franchise group claims letting agents revenue could be £100k a year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons To Be Sold? Media speculation grows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark back on warpath demanding qualifications for agency staff](/upload/images/shutterstock_112412021.jpg)
Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![London lettings becoming more stable, says LonRes](/upload/images/shutterstock_340410452.jpg)
February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New chair revealed for long-standing lettings industry group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Banks Closing Pooled Client Accounts - agents urge government action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill threat to student accommodation, say experts](/upload/images/shutterstock_522554425.jpg)
New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent stole over £40,000 from firm which hadn’t noticed missing money](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank names new lettings associate for key area](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nearly two-thirds more homes to let in Prime London than a year ago](/upload/images/shutterstock_1487630333%20(1)(3).jpg)
Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Famous agency ditches HQ for new base and a contemplation room](/upload/images/shutterstock_2173235223.jpg)
Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants additional health and safety cladding measures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![New lettings brand claims franchisees can earn £100k-plus per year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually. The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency marks major expansion into rentals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![North-focussed lettings agency reveals new London base](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London. NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulate Agents in 2024 - Propertymark explains why it’s needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge 31% leap in prime London rents since pre-pandemic times - LonRes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Super-Rich rent as they baulk at high Stamp Duty purchase costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent’s Affordability Warning - not all tenants will really benefit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents now a third above London’s pre-pandemic average](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes. However, rents...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Housing Minister is ... a former housing minister](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency adds £1m to revenue through diversification](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NB%20-%20M%26P%20March%20blog%201%20-%20No%20budget%20boost%20from%20the%20Chancellor%20but%20it's%20not%20all%20doom%20and%20gloom.jpg)
A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings service set up in franchise giant’s original office](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Rises Even Higher Than Expected - agency revises forecast](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Up, Up and UP AGAIN - prime London rents soar once more](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scams expert joins board of The Property Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent operator pledges dramatic EPC improvement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fail! Endless calls to scrap S21 evictions leads to glut of them](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Section 21 evictions are set to soar even higher, a property association leader forecasts - because of the threat to abolish...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings stay strong as sales market slumps](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes. This figure took rents to 28.4 per...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fines for agents rise rise steeply as AML clampdown kicks in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property company boss hit by big fine six years after offences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property company boss “threatening tenants to leave”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
A property company director who admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Bad to disastrous’ - sharp fall in private rental listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Loopholes - government slammed over additional properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
A long-standing and respected property firm has slammed the government for presiding over the “mess” of taxes applied to holiday lets...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in service charges for flats triggered by fire precautions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents - which parts of the Renters Reform Bill worry you most?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![New lets slump a quarter in a year, claims LonRes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
The latest lettings market snapshot produced by London-focussed property data firm LonRes shows little change in the supply-constrained rental sector. However, figures...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents speak out on Renters Reform Bill dangers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Lettings agents within The Guild of Property Professionals think that the Renters Reform Bill could cause many landlords to quit. Graham Wood,...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gloss comes off prime central London lettings and sales markets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sales market supply set to rise as more landlords quit - prediction](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Section 24: Agents call for mortgage tax relief to be reinstated](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tory wants clampdown on HMOs run by “dubious people”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgent-400x310.png)
A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer urges agents to use the hard sell on Buy To Let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation for rental sector lags behind owner occupation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good News - Arrears at lowest level for six years says bank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
Paragon Bank says the proportion of landlords with tenants in arrears has fallen to its lowest level since 2017. The same applies...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed Broker-style firm makes pitch to recruit letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC hits agents with larger non-compliance fines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
Fines issued to agents for anti-money laundering non-compliance are getting bigger, reversing a downward trend seen throughout the pandemic, according to...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sign Up to stop the Tax Grab - Agents urged to back petition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Agents are being urged to sign a petition launched by a landlord facing higher tax burdens which may force him to...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public back big tax rise for second home and lets owners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
A consultation proposing a steep rise in council tax for second homes has won strong public support. Flintshire council in north Wales...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Call for industry to lobby MPs over HMO council tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Brace! Brace! Rent bombshell in New Year warns property chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns. The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property stealth taxes to be major part of next week’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fire warning as agents and landlords mark Fire Door Safety Week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/fire-400x310.png)
A safety training service is warning of “alarming statistics” showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency makes lavish claim for future growth of Build To Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth. Research from the British Property Federation and...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency plays down impact of rent freeze and evictions ban](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Larger homes taking bigger share of Build To Rent market - new figures](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental properties are getting smaller, claims new survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CoinsHouses-2019-400x310.jpg)
Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings chain signs up to support former armed services personnel](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyChain-1-400x310.jpg)
A lettings agency group has made two moves to signal its commitment to being a forces-friendly employer. Spicerhaart has signed the Armed...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Compliance negligence could cost agents, warns Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ComplianceStamp-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency names new lettings boss for key London office](/upload/images/library/Central-London400x310.png)
Knight Frank has appointed a new head of lettings for its King’s Cross office in Central London. Chris Nguyen joined Knight Frank’s...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomtime for lettings market as big student room shortfall predicted](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Studentsimage400x310.jpg)
Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![UK launch for European property management PropTech service](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgentConcept-400x310.jpg)
An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Young adults lie behind growing rental demand, analysis shows](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - UK’s top spot for Chinese investment (it’s not London)](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![The party’s over for Airbnb](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on politicians to relax proposed eviction rules change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Dos and Don’ts of Deposit Disputes](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Tenancy%20Deposit%20Scheme/Lettering-Agent-Today_Web-banner_360x280.png)
At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...
23 June 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Millions in tax lost through lettings loophole - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents can’t stay this strong forever - affordability worries surface](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-3-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy renewal numbers “unprecedented” says Foxtons](/upload/images/Logos/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leading Tory hits back at demands for rent controls](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency set to open new hub in ‘city-in-waiting’](/upload/images/Locations/London400x310.jpg)
An agency tomorrow opens a new lettings and sales office in a location about to hear whether it’s won city status...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists slam councils for failing to regulate agents and landlords](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UKHouses2-400x310.png)
An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Massively more demand than supply continues to dominate market](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC and Government warned - don’t let Capital Gains Tax kill buy to let](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Multi-year PropTech deal signed by major lettings agency](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlinePropertySearch-3-400x310.jpg)
One of the country's leading agency groups has signed a multi-year deal with PropTech firm Goodlord. Andrews Property Group, which has 49...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert - radical rental reforms shift power to tenants](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove2-400x310.png)
The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Industry heavyweight joins agency to help on growth strategy](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Favourite - which property is landlords’ most popular?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarketStockImage-2-400x310.jpg)
Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of BTL firms close each year, agency analysis shows](/upload/images/Logos/HamptonsSignageNew400x310.jpg)
While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Five reasons why Airbnb and short lets should be regulated - MPs told](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Get set for rent controls in one part of the UK](/upload/images/library/LondonHousesAndSkyline-400x310.jpg)
Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![440-home US-style Build To Rent scheme announced](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Huge fine for agency and boss who perverted course of justice](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined-400x310.jpg)
Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Major agency rebrands and promises a flurry of acquisitions](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/Staff-Recruitment-Image-400x310.jpg)
Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today. All...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Caught! Agency that illegally evicted tenant ends up in court](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Northern Ireland lettings agents braced for new laws](/upload/images/library/ComplianceStamp-400x310.jpg)
New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Analysis - fewer millennial tenants help drive down rents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-1-400x310.jpg)
Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![So much for Covid Debt - rent arrears are lowest for 10 years](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings PropTech firms announce full software integration](/img/default/lat.png)
Two well known PropTech providers to the lettings sector have announced they have now fully integrated their technology, meaning users of...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents invited to free compliance webinar tomorrow](/img/default/lat.png)
Anti-money laundering specialist FCS Compliance is to lead a free-to- attend Q&A webinar for Rightmove agents tomorrow. Let’s Discuss Money Laundering is...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Simon Tillyer, founder of Vouch](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...
08 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Scandal of lettings director banned for emptying bank account](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...