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A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...

The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

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...

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...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...

It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

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...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

The Citizens Advice charity claims that new figures suggest concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home.  It...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

Labour leader Keir Starmer says the latest extension of the eviction ban is insufficient without a comprehensive plan by government.  “This eleventh...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...

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...

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

The lettings market in Wales reopened almost fully yesterday. ARLA Propertymark, which has analysed the restrictions that were in place until this...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

Another branch of The Property Franchise Groups’s brand Martin & Co has snapped up an independent rival - and it’s the...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

Plans to end the freeze on housing benefits will still leave many tenants unable to afford rent say landlords. Following the announcement...

Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...

An undercover investigation by the LBC radio station has revealed unscrupulous landlords who expect sex from women tenants in return for...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...

A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...

A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...

Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...

Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...

High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...

A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...

A rental provider specialising in property for older tenants has attacked what he calls “hidden costs” involved when people buy purpose-built...

The 45+ age demographic is the fastest growing tenant market, according to flatsharing site SpareRoom. The website's data shows that the total...

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

A rent guarantor service says it’s already chosen 25 lettings agents to take part in a trial of what it calls...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

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

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

A lettings sector trade body says EU citizens may face problems getting private rented accommodation after Brexit. And the body - the...

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...

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...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

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...

Just when you thought there could not be any more rival licensing or accreditation systems in the private rental sector, a...

Letting agents and property firms are being invited to take part in the inaugural Property & Construction leg of an event...

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...

A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

In an announcement made just hours before much of the industry started its Christmas break, the government has clarified its guidance...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

A new study has revealed that the average Briton rents four years longer than they initially planned to, because of stubbornly-high...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...

A new partnership between AXA Partners and repairs reporting service Fixflo is being piloted in Manchester ahead of what may be...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

Trade bodies have welcomed a government initiative to get more homeless people, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless,...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

The New Forest district council in Hampshire is appealling to letting agents and private tenants to sign up to its Private...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

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...

The number of landlords with more than 10 Airbnb accommodations listed in London has risen by 8.4 per cent in the...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex.  Liz...