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A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...
13 January 2021
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Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...
11 January 2021
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A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...
05 January 2021
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The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...
31 December 2020
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London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...
31 December 2020
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There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...
14 December 2020
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An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...
08 December 2020
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Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
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Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...
08 December 2020
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A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team. It has come from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...
02 December 2020
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A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...
02 December 2020
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A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...
23 November 2020
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Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic. Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...
16 November 2020
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Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
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Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...
04 November 2020
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A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...
03 November 2020
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The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...
02 November 2020
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A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
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The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...
28 October 2020
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Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...
26 October 2020
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A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...
23 October 2020
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Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...
22 October 2020
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A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...
22 October 2020
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The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...
14 October 2020
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A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...
13 October 2020
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It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...
12 October 2020
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The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...
12 October 2020
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Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...
06 October 2020
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New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...
02 October 2020
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Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...
30 September 2020
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Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...
29 September 2020
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The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...
22 September 2020
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Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 September 2020
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The Citizens Advice charity claims that new figures suggest concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home. It...
21 September 2020
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Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...
16 September 2020
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The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
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Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...
08 September 2020
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A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...
03 September 2020
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Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
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A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...
27 August 2020
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Labour leader Keir Starmer says the latest extension of the eviction ban is insufficient without a comprehensive plan by government. “This eleventh...
24 August 2020
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A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
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A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents. Housemates is for students, landlords and...
18 August 2020
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Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...
12 August 2020
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The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...
10 August 2020
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A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
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The lettings market in Wales reopened almost fully yesterday. ARLA Propertymark, which has analysed the restrictions that were in place until this...
28 July 2020
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The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...
24 July 2020
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A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...
21 July 2020
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Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...
14 July 2020
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There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
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An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...
13 July 2020
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Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...
09 July 2020
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A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...
07 July 2020
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London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
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A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...
01 July 2020
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The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...
29 June 2020
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The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...
24 June 2020
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The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
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The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
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The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...
04 June 2020
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A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...
03 June 2020
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Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...
20 April 2020
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An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...
20 April 2020
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A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now. He has created...
13 April 2020
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A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
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A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...
07 April 2020
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The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...
26 March 2020
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There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...
24 March 2020
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The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...
24 March 2020
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The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...
20 March 2020
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The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...
19 March 2020
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A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...
18 March 2020
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The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...
11 March 2020
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A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...
11 March 2020
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A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
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Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...
18 February 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
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Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...
10 February 2020
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A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...
15 January 2020
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Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An undercover investigation by the LBC radio station has revealed unscrupulous landlords who expect sex from women tenants in return for...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...
12 December 2019
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[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...
28 November 2019
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A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
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As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...
12 November 2019
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A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...
05 November 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...
01 November 2019
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One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...
31 October 2019
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A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...
28 October 2019
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Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...
16 October 2019
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Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough. The group...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...
04 October 2019
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The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...
25 September 2019
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A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...
24 September 2019
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Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...
24 September 2019
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High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...
23 September 2019
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The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month. The company...
23 August 2019
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An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...
21 August 2019
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A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...
15 August 2019
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The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch. Under Stoke on...
13 August 2019
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A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...
08 August 2019
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Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...
07 August 2019
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A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to...
05 August 2019
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Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...
18 July 2019
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Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental provider specialising in property for older tenants has attacked what he calls “hidden costs” involved when people buy purpose-built...
10 July 2019
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The 45+ age demographic is the fastest growing tenant market, according to flatsharing site SpareRoom. The website's data shows that the total...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor service says it’s already chosen 25 lettings agents to take part in a trial of what it calls...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities. The study, by a landlord...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
30 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks. It’s...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield. Rents were up...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A new study has revealed that the average Briton rents four years longer than they initially planned to, because of stubbornly-high...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...
29 October 2018
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The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester. The...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex. Liz...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Online accommodation platform Student.com has linked with mental health charity Student Minds in a bid to prioritise mental health awareness amongst...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords could be missing out on £61m of rent every month because families in temporary and emergency accommodation...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor service based in London and previously aiming itself at the UK market is expanding into the Republic of...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Build To Rent provider Grainger has reported a 23 per cent rise in profits and says it is looking for...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims. The broadcaster...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

As students begin their search for housing for the next academic year, a university has relaunched a dedicated lettings agency service The...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has given the go ahead to what will be one of the UK’s largest selective licensing scheme outside of...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A Birmingham-based student lettings agency says it has seen improved response rates from student tenants and viewers thanks to the use...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

High London rents - with the average now running at £1,280 - are driving tenants into sharing according to an online...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The former director of a lettings agency in Plymouth is to appear in court in March facing charges of fraud, false...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

An accountancy trade body, the Association of Accounting Technicians, is advising the government to investigate what it calls “the questionable tax...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...
14 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Research by a student lettings software company suggests that 70 per cent of landlords say they would prefer not to let...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a record number of new student accommodation bed spaces delivered in 2017, with possible consequences for future buy...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...
28 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The House of Lords has given the Creditworthiness Assessment Bill its second reading and a step forward to ensuring that tenants’...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenants are expecting to find and move in to new rental accommodation in ever-shorter periods of time. Data from property website TheHouseShop.com...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A rental investment platform is claiming to have succeeded with the world’s largest property crowdfunding exercise, raising £2,992,800. Property Partner says it...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector. The hefty 95-page...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
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PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A new report into student accommodation has found that private student rent remains at an average of £100 to £119 a...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being reminded of the importance of independent and professionally compiled inventories for individual students as they start or...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The local authority in Islington, north London, is attempting to close what it calls a loophole concerning private rental property and...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A company which already runs a student accommodation lettings service online is to expand and open a general online lettings agency...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,000 private renters for an animal insurance company apparently produces the result that 27 per cent of...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

It is being reported that one of the major providers of purpose-built student accommodation to let - Unite - could temporarily...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Ian Duncan Smith is the latest Conservative to criticise his own government’s fiscal policies regarding buy to let. Writing on the Conservative...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...
15 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The current ‘busy season’ for lettings turnovers at the end of student terms would be made significantly easier if agents and...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A minister at the Departrment of Communities and Local Government has set out the government’s position in terms of the fire-related...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A Build to Rent scheme in Salford is launching this week with tenants moving in to purpose-built rental accommodation at 'The...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says the number of properties managed per member increased marginally last month, from 183 to 185 - but there was...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

In a blog which appears - perhaps surprisingly - to be supportive of Theresa May’s General Election manifesto, campaigning charity Shelter...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says the end of May usually triggers the annual movement of students from their rented properties -...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Research experts at high-end agency Savills say a total of £5.3 billion is expected to be invested in the student accommodation...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced that its fifth Build to Rent scheme will be in Leeds. The site, Mustard Wharf, has permission...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Greenwich council in London is the latest to announce an extension to its HMO licensing policy. The council is already legally obliged...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has repeated its calls for a new housing court “to speed up justice for landlords and tenants.” The...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Over a third of adults are now living in some sort of social or private rental accommodation. New research from insurance firm...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News

University Cribs, the student property search engine, is expanding to list accommodation in the London market. The service says that with its...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...
13 April 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A US firm that is believed to want a slice of the UK’s growing short-lets market has made a key business...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A family-run firm is offering a tenant referencing service involving a face-to-face interview of prospective tenants in their current accommodation. It claims...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Tax rises for landlords being introduced today will make renting less affordable and stifle investment in homes to rent, making it...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...
29 March 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

An online letting agency has sharply criticised student accommodation branded as affordable yet costing, it claims, nearly twice the maximum maintenance...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of students in Birmingham has discovered that over 44 per cent of respondents claim to have paid what the...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A property firm has been fined £32,134 and ordered to pay costs of £260 and a victim surcharge of £170 after...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The landlord of an HMO above a Chinese takeway in Cornwall has been fined for failing to comply with the requirements...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Student landlords are concerned that fast-track two-year degrees could have an impact on their rental businesses. This is according to StudentTenant.com, which...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark representatives have met with Home Office officials in Cardiff and Edinburgh ahead of the government’s roll-out of Right To...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenants in private rented housing are staying longer than ever in their current homes as the proportion of tenants with children...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Loughborough Building Society is launching a Buy For Uni mortgage product seeking to encourage students to buy a home -...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards. The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business. StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Association of Residential Letting Agents, now formally known as ARLA Propertymark, suggest there has been a surge in...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

L&G, one of the biggest firms involved in Britain’s Built To Rent sector, has named the agency it is appointing to...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenant demand for private rented accommodation is continuing to rise according to a market report from specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. While a...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Tenants face potential rent increases of between 20 and 30 per cent as a result of tax rises hitting landlords, says...