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A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

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

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

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

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

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

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

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

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

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

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

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

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it now has a record membership of 1,200. UKALA describes itself as “a professional association...

A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has announced that its the first to integrate with The DPS. The integration will mean flatfair can offer...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

The Scottish Government looks set to extend its rent cap for yet another six months, despite widespread opposition from the lettings...

A left-leaning think tank which says it champions ‘left-behind Londoners’ is demanding a turbo-charged version of selective licensing to be run...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords has beaten its target to raise £850,000 In investment - and it’s still...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...

An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords is seeking an additional £850,000 In investment. Lettingaproperty is using crowdfunding site Seedrs for...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

UK banks are closing client accounts held by established letting agents and refusing to open accounts for new businesses. The Problem A growing...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

One of the leading deposit alternative services has called for a code of conduct to step, amongst other things, alleged pressure...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

OnTheMarket is today revealing another deal for agents - and this time it’s with insurance broker Simply Business. There are four new...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning - a change from previous research...

A high profile lettings expert says agents should use marketing databases in order to grow business. Agent Rainmaker’s Sally Lawson says that...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Deposit alternative service...

One of the biggest names in the deposit alternative sector says the rental market is “stacked against” private tenants. Gary Wright, chief...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...