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A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A lettings agent has spoken out at a local council landlord licensing scheme, suggesting it might just be nothing more than...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...

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

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

The latest snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows “huge gains for the lettings market” since transactions resumed a month ago. The...

Knight Frank is the latest agency to produce evidence that the lettings sector has rebounded in the four weeks since the...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

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

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

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

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

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

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of saying that a £600 surcharge will be added to the licensing costs...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

Agency Express, the board company that monitors the lettings market through demand for its To Let and Let By boards, warns...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

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

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

Belvoir has told its shareholders and the City that it enjoyed a strong first half of 2019 with its 300 High...

The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index, looking at the market’s performance in June, has revealed year on...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

We all know that certain business functions are quicker to achieve and more cost-effective than others. By considering the services you provide...

A relatively new firm in the crowded central London buying agency market is expanding into property management. Aykroyd & Co was launched...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

A formal consultation process has started to consider government plans to extend Anti-Money Laundering from property sales to lettings as well. Unveiled...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

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ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the company calls “buoyant figures” for the UK lettings market in October.  Following a...

After reporting record summer figures from its lettings division, Chestertons says it’s on the acquisition trail and looking for agencies to...

The latest market data produced by the Agency Express board company has revealed a further decline in activity for the lettings...

High end agency Knight Frank is reorganising a regional lettings division in a bid to create a ‘hub’ system which should...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

A new analysis of the buy to let market forecasts more bad news for agents, landlords and investors over the next...

The lettings sector is in the midst of a summer slowdown with no pick up in activity expected until next month,...

Buy to let is still an attractive investment compared to other asset classes but to make the best of the opportunity...

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

The government has suggested that it is at least considering changing the terms of its Rent A Room system which could...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

A specialist buy to let broker is urging landlords to tread with caution before jumping feet first into incorporating their property...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...

Figures from UK Finance show there were 5,000 new buy to let house purchase mortgages completed in April - the latest data...

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...

Buy-to-let lender Paragon says it has seen a 'marked shift' towards buy-to-let activity among professional investors. The organisation reports that this is...

There was a decline in both the number of To Let and Let By properties during April, according to the latest...

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...

One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

The JLL lettings team says it is now seeing competitive bidding now taking place on a number of developments in central London. The firm...

Your buy-to-let investment is an extremely valuable asset and you need to know the income generated from it will be safely...

The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims.  The Intermediary...

A lettings agency operating in Cardiff has expanded its business and now donates 15 per cent of profits to a local...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

Two complaints linked to agency activity have been dealt with through the Advertising Standards Authority informal resolution process. In the first a...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...

A local authority has prosecuted a landlord for illegally evicting a tenant. Tendring district council prosecuted Lisa Bottone of Chelmsford who admitted...

The typical rent of a prime Home Counties property rose by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year,...

Trading Standards says representatives from 15 departments will today visit lettings and property management firms across London in a bid to...

  Agency Express says there has been a bounce in the number of new lettings listings across the UK.   Following unusually slow activity...

The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...

The government is being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to do more to enforce compulsory fee disclosure. Since May 2015,...

Prime Central London’s lettings market has improved gradually during the first two quarters of the year according to JLL.   It says transaction...

July’s activity data from board company Agency Express has revealed a significant slowdown in the number of rental properties coming on...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Tim Wright, Product Director, KeyAGENT Q: What does KeyAGENT do? We’re a team of multi-award...

Mortgage Advice Bureau increased revenue by 15 per cent to £49m in the first half of 2017, and reports that the...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

There’s been a cooling in the lettings market in the early part of summer - a time when the sector is...

One of Countrywide’s high-end brands, Hamptons International, is launching its first app to give landlords and tenants “a single integrated point...

Activity in the super prime London market, where tenants are prepared to pay £5,000 or more per week for a home,...

The number of buy-to-let mortgage loans fell by over a fifth during April, according to the latest figures from the Council...

Buy to let valuations fell to just seven per cent of the total valuations market activity in April as the sector...

Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...

The latest data from Agency Express suggests nationwide increases in both new listings and properties let during March.    National figures for properties...

Another London borough is consulting on a further extension of its existing selective licensing - this time it’s Harrow council. It wants...

The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...

New lettings data from Agency Express supports the belief that the rental market may be slowing down across much of the...

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London.    Lavanda claims it...

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the board company describes as “a robust start to 2017” as the rental...

Gross buy to let lending increased in November to the highest monthly level since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced in...

Independent financial services monitor Moneyfacts claims that a new report is about to reveal the withdrawal of 74 buy to let...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...

Rent Smart Wales, a controversial scheme that require letting agents to be trained, comes into effect today after a troubled lead...

The Residential Landlords Association has roasted the enforcement policies and provisions for the controversial Rent Smart Wales initiative which begins in...

Buy to let activity has contracted by over an eighth in the past 12 months according to Connells Group's survey and...

The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...

Buy to let lending is well down according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.    Apparently contrary to an optimistic report...

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

LGIM Real Assets has announced the appointment of a former Countrywide fund manager as part of its Build to Rent (BTR)...

The UK rental market remains resilient, despite an expected summer slowdown in activity.  This is the message from the latest Agency Express...

Airbnb has hit back at a claim by the Residential Landlords Association that lets promoted by the firm effectively worsened London’s housing...

The latest data from board company Agency Express’ Property Activity Index has shown a larger than usual summer fall in the...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

There was an eight per cent surge in the number of homes available to rent in the second quarter of the...

In the three months after the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on April 1, landlord purchases accounted...

A London buying agent is forecasting that the Brexit vote will mean there will be “more and more would-be-buyers opting to rent”...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...

The number of valuations for buy to let purposes last month was eight per cent up on the May 2015 level...

A removals firm has claimed it is currently dealing with more tenants moving between properties than home buyers.  Aussie Man & Van...

Data released by Agency Express shows a massive spike in activity for the lettings market.  April’s national figures for new listings ‘To...

Demand for buy to let mortgages in the coming months is expected to fall "significantly" according to a Bank of England...

Countrywide says £28 billion worth of home sales were completed in March ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline, a 76...

The additional homes stamp duty surcharge is contributing to a slowdown in the central London development market according to JLL. The number...

February has seen a further burst of buy to let activity, fuelled not only by the stamp duty surcharge deadline but...

There is more evidence that the buy to let sector has experienced a surge of activity as investors rush to complete...

The number of properties across the UK categorised as To Let by board services company Agency Express has fallen 8.1 per...

Countrywide has made what it calls “a significant investment” in The Buy to Let Business, a Camberley-based company which has been...

The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...

There has been another substantial increase in the number of buy to let mortgage applications made by limited companies - suggesting...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is warning of a possible slump for the buy to let market in the next two...

The scores are in - we have asked 20 senior agents and analysts for their forecasts for capital values the 2016...

The buy to let market has experienced annual growth of no less than 26 per cent between November 2014 and last...

Former Conservative housing minister Mark Prisk says the recent clampdowns on the traditional buy to let sector may end up helping...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has taken Shelter to task for what it describes as “emotionally charged” media statements about alleged harassment...

The rise and rise of buy to let continues apace with the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders showing...

Half-year figures from specialist buy to let mortgage company Paragon give an insight into the scale of increased activity in the...

The deputy mayor of London, with special responsibility for housing, says the enthusiasm of buy to let investors can boost housebuilding...

With the lettings market at a near-record level of activity, Countrywide is seeking recruits for its fifth two-year graduate management programme.  Since...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

There has been a 94 per cent increase in prime central London tenancies year-on-year claims Lucy Morton of W A Ellis,...

Recent weeks have seen changes made to the rules that govern responsibility for property repairs in the private rented sector. Section 11...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

Under new pension freedom reforms, people aged 55 and over can access as much of their savings from their defined contributions...