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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

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

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

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

Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

A seasoned lettings expert has been taken on to boost the success of an agency branch in Surrey. James Clarke, with 25...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

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

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

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...

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

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Lomond - a firm that now calls itself “one of the UK’s largest acquirers of estate and letting agency businesses” -...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

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

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

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

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...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Parkers franchisee Craig Pearson claims to have added a “substantial” number of properties to his Reading branch portfolio after buying an...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

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...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

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

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

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

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...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

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

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 all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

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

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

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

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

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Two of Martin & Co’s Oxfordshire branches are under new ownership. David Rebe has taken on the Oxford and Thame branches from...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...

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

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

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

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

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

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

Propertymark has pledged its support for the Good Landlord Charter initiated by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham but has urged for greater...

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...

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

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

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

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