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Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

A webinar is coming up aiming to help agents make better decisions and more rapidly. It’s being run by Propertymark which says...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

London lettings agency Martyn Gerrard has opened a new flagship office in Hampstead, expanding its network across the North and Northwest...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

The merger of two of the largest names in the lettings industry has passed its final hurdle. Belvoir shareholders have now backed...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

The partners of high end agency and property consultancy Cluttons have announced the completion of a management buyout.  James Gray continues as...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...

The shareholders of OnTheMarket have reached their decision on the portal's controversial takeover by CoStar.  A statement released this afternoon says: "The...

Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...

Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...