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A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...

A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

A proposal for one of the country’s largest ever private rental sector licensing schemes has gone out to consultation. Manchester’s Labour council...

If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

An estate agency has sponsored an eco-art exhibition that involves 100 life-sized elephant sculptures in a central London park. Savills has sponsored...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

Over the last 15 months (basically since the ‘c’ word entered our daily vocabulary) agent websites has become more crucial than...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

A PropTech company says sloppy referencing by agents and landlords effectively means that around a third of prospective tenants are discriminated...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...

There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

Police were called to a protect outside a lettings firm in Oxfordshire after a crowd picketed the office over a dispute...

Rightmove is to rebrand its Van Mildert platform next month, when it will become Rightmove Landlord and Tenant Services. Van Mildert, a...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

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...

UK’s largest listed residential landlord, Grainger, has given details of its latest city scheme, in Newcastle. It has spent £57m on the...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

A poll of over 1,300 renters by a flat share platform suggests that over half have been deterred from moving in...

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

Paragon Bank increased its focus on specialist buy to let lending during the first half of its financial year as its...

Independent agency Hardisty And Co has acquired a fourth branch in Leeds. It will be headed up by former owner and office...

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...

Well known industry supplier FocalAgent has signed a new deal with Matterport to bring what it calls best-in-class 360° virtual tours...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

A new Lancashire estate agency, Jusa Homes, has opened new premises thanks to a £10,000 local council grant.  Julie Hardy and Sarah...

Mistoria is opening its sixth office in the north west of England. The new branch in Cheadle follows Mistoria’s existing outlets in...

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Franchise giant Winkworth has opened a new office in the south west at Ferndown in Dorset. The office has been opened by...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

Fixflo has pledged that it’s business as usual for its lettings agency clients, after news broke that it was to be...

Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

Fixflo, the well known provider of property repairs and maintenance software across the lettings sector, has been acquired by a European...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

A 133-unit co-living rental scheme is to be built in the Devon city of Exeter. The scheme will place an emphasis on community living...

A student accommodation provider has been granted planning consent to turn a building in central Leeds into a 350-bed purpose-built block. Study...

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...

A new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology” says its latest app aids safety for agents. The latest version of the...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...

Sulets - a not-for-profit, charitable trust providing accommodation for students - has struck gold. It’s won a Gold award from Investors in...

The Home Staging Association has launched a course for agents on how to dress and prepare properties for maximum effect when...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

Propertymark has produced new guidance for letting agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid restrictions. It says:...

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

Insurance provider Paymentshield and rental referencing firm Goodlord have teamed up for a second five-year partnership.  Under the agreement, the PropTech firm...

A former employee at the Staines-upon-Thames office of lettings agency Martin & Co has returned – as the branch’s new owner. Doreen...

A referencing service provider has launched a portal designed to improve commission-based revenue streams for letting agents.  Vouch says its Home Move...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

A compliance specialist is reminding the industry that the deadline by which letting agents must register with HMRC if they are...

Keller Williams UK - one of the growing number of agencies to operate with self-employed agents working from a central hub...

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

The Home Office has told agents and landlords that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls...

Zoopla has revealed the formation of a Lettings Advisory Board, to be chaired by the national lettings managing director of Leaders...

A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...

Leeds agency HOP - previously well known as Let Leeds - is expanding its office network with the launch of a...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand claims there’s been a rise in the number of universities enquiring about white label deals, as...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

Preventative measures are everything where referencing is concerned. But with so many solutions out there, promising so much, it can be difficult...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

A landlord who appealed against a local council decision regarding the letting of her apartment on Airbnb has lost - and...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme and industry supplier Inventory Hive are working together to provide two new training courses.  Led by Michael Hill...

The owner of the Bedford branch of Martin & Co has grown his business by more than 50 per cent thanks...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents' wing of Propertymark says the recent expulsion of three agents from The Property Ombudsman demonstrates the...

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...

A lettings agency director has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order for unlawfully evicting a tenant back in 2019. CFDP Ltd, trading as...

A rival trade body to the Association of Residential Letting Agents has announced what it calls “a robust membership result.” The UK...

Yorkshire’s Verity Frearson lettings and sales company has unveiled a new fleet of electric vehicles, and says it is the first agency...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio.  Auxesia offers affordable shared...

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...

One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

A family-owned boutique lettings agency in Salford, Greater Manchester, has taken a significant share in a nearby independent rival - and will...

Prominent industry software supplier Reapit and specialist repairs and maintenance service Fixflo have announced a new integration.  This allows Fixflo’s software and...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...

An automated payments service has teamed up with a student accommodation provider to devise an eCommerce system allowing simpler rent payments. Vyne uses...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

One year on from the beginning of the pandemic, London’s reversal of fortunes in the rental market continues according to the...

A Manchester-based lettings agency has won a long-term deal with one of the UK’s most prominent Build To Rent operators.  Ascend Properties...

A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...

Rents across the wider London commuter belt continued to rise in the first three months of the year, according to a...

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

Housing charity Crisis says government statistics show almost one in five private renters in England in arrears or likely to fall...

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...

Leading property lawyer David Smith is to give agents an update on a key legal case at a webinar next week. Smith,...

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...

Ascend Properties in Manchester has acquired another small independent agency. It’s snapped up Elavace Estates, a lettings management portfolio on Merseyside.  This follows acquisitions...

New PropTech company Ministry of Rooms says its platform has 350 landlords and agents signed up in its first six weeks. The property-tenant matching...

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...

ARLA Propertymark has prepared a ‘top tips’ guide for agents to offer first time landlords. The tips are exhaustive and should convince landlords...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

A major trade body has called for a tapering down of notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21. The government has...

Another lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay an outstanding compensation award - but...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

A local estate agency network says it has hosted an extraordinary 96,524 virtual viewings during lockdown. The Miles & Barr agency -...

A lettings agency that failed to pay a compensation award ordered by The Property Ombudsman has been expelled from the scheme...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

A lettings agent in Slough, called Saville Park Ltd, has been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an outstanding award of £300.  TPO received a complaint from tenants...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...

A branch in The Property Franchise Group has snapped up a local independent - and almost 200 additional properties under management.  The...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

Inventories PropTech service Inventory Hive has integrated with Reapit via its Foundations platform, meaning agents who use both services will be...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...

A lettings management platform is hitting out at the government over the uncertainty surrounding travel restrictions, because of its impact on...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

Franchise giant Belvoir has held its annual awards including the naming of the prestigious ‘franchise of the year’. The accolade went to...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...

An industry partner has donated more than £10,000 to local charities and community good causes over the past 18 months. Former journalist...

'Forward in Unity' is a mural painted by Gent48, a renowned Birmingham street artist. It's situated in the centre of Digbeth...

There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Propertymark says its Inspire programme is continuing to help agents via its small group network - and it’s taking bookings for...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...