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The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

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

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

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

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

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

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

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

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

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

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is running a webinar examining how one client, Umega, used PropTech to more than double its...

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

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

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

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

The former Foxtons managing director Peter Rollings is to give agent a masterclass in obtaining higher lettings and sales fees. Rollings will...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

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

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

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

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

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

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

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

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

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

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...

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

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

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

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...