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![Households will have to invest in Green technology - Carney](/upload/images/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rayner ditches ‘Levelling Up’ and is just Housing Secretary](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The term “Levelling Up” - introduced by ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson - has been ditched by the new deputy Prime Minister,...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Councillors launch attack on unruly behaviour in Airbnbs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The BBC is reporting that councillors in Manchester have launched a series of attacks on users of Airbnb and other short...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bidding Wars - letting agents mostly to blame, says campaigner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Challenge - Tories pledge 'no change' but will Labour follow?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Vote Labour, says high profile lettings industry figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_797688190.jpg)
The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning To Labour - Rent Controls Just Won’t Work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![E-bike Fires cause new tenancy and insurance concerns](/upload/images/shutterstock_2190390549.jpg)
Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Working from home triggers higher rents in outer commuter areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1708606831.jpg)
Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...
29 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent stole over £40,000 from firm which hadn’t noticed missing money](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks boss slams Tories in unexpected attack](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ministers warned not to backtrack on disability housing](/upload/images/shutterstock_187933352.jpg)
According to the BBC, the Government is no longer committed to increase the amount disabled people in England can claim to...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![TV Host to repeat agents’ conference compering gig](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rates War! Mortgage lenders slash BTL borrowing costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark sits on the fence over first time buyer controversy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Controversial ex-Countrywide boss appointed to new post](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill measures may be extended - BBC report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pets and Kids Not Welcome? New analysis of rental listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Popular short lets location may be hit by new tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...
30 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour supports rent controls - and opposes them](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze-400x310.png)
Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour council tax freeze ‘not for empty buy to lets or second homes’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Labour’s much-publicised pledge to freeze council tax for the next year excludes empty buy to let properties and second homes it...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![BBC probe shows scale of rental stock supply shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Bills Included' now increasingly popular with tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
New research from Rightmove suggests that all-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities for tenants using the portal. The research...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![TV presenter to front agents’ big day at Wembley](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Daytime TV presenter Jenni Falconer is to host the Propertymark One conference on June 27. Tag-lined ‘Raise Your Game’ the event will...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings expert honoured in King Charles’ first list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Recruitment-400x310.png)
Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Connells brand launching TV campaign on Boxing Day](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/PropertyPlanning-400x310.png)
One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day. The advert, in 30 and 60 second...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Bank of England's latest announcement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased base rate by 0.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent. This is the ninth consecutive base...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents should have policies on minimum housing standards - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKHomes--1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says letting agents should have clear policies and priorities to help ensure properties are kept to the highest standards possible. The...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Vik Tara, CTO of Technology Blueprint](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/TechBlue/Vik-Avatar-400x310.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...
22 November 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Labour MP tells letting agents to explain high rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ManSavingMoney_400x310.png)
A Labour MP has written to letting agents in her constituency demanding they explain high rents and their student allocation policies. Mary...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Manic, Panic - Tenants queue overnight at lettings agencies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![BBC reports on “unaffordable” rents for tenants under 30](/upload/images/library/BBC-logo400x310.png)
A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...
22 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fighting Back - short lets and holiday homes do NOT hit affordability](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent confronted by tenant ‘pushed out’ to make way for short let](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialTenantHome-2-400x310.jpg)
A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![MP says Airbnb glut contributing to “devastation” of city](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Your Chance - Tell the BBC the private rental sector is under attack!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency ‘disappears’ leaving landlords and suppliers in the lurch](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don't use social media to find rental properties - warning to tenants](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/scam%20alert.png)
A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Fraud - how agents can combat a growing threat](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ID-Checks-400x310.jpg)
Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scam using Facebook Marketplace sees tenants lose thousands](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agencies campaign to help NHS staff find affordable rental property](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent leader to speak at ARLA Propertymark conference](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Possession Court Delays - no improvement for at least a year](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Benefits of scrapping S21 outweigh problems, insists Shelter](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![How agents can support tenants with rising energy bills](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergySupply-1-400x310.jpg)
Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
![Labour buy to let expert told to “publicly explain” his activities](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent spots illegal rental scam - and police refuse to get involved](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency opens in legendary town made famous by TV comedy](/img/default/lat.png)
The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/lat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents breaking 'No DSS' listings rule will face sanctions, warns Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/lat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Lights! Camera! Rentals! Two agents get their own BBC show](/img/default/lat.png)
Two former Keller Williams agents have their own BBC Three TV show now available on the iPlayer. It’s called Rent Like a...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Commercial office space of the future](/img/default/lat.png)
With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Media spotlight on lockdown parties in Airbnb and other short-lets](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![This agency’s doing just fine… really it is… Would I Lie To You?](/img/default/lat.png)
Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Developers roll out eggs-cellent initiatives to help fight the virus](/img/default/lat.png)
The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets exposed by BBC News as flouting lockdown regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Engagement](/img/default/lat.png)
There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Deposit alternative supplier signs another 31 agency branches](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Politician complains that too many HMOs allowed in city](/img/default/lat.png)
A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternative mis-selling - rival companies say “It’s not us”](/img/default/lat.png)
Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![BBC asks: Do letting agents mis-sell deposit alternative schemes?](/img/default/lat.png)
A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sub-letting scams can be reduced by property visits, agents advised](/img/default/lat.png)
An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Short lets offer opportunities for agents - but only if they’re regulated](/img/default/lat.png)
The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Students say they’re targeted for “unfair” deposit deductions at check-out](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Are HMRC and Airbnb about to go to court over taxes?](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Yet More Licensing: councils want more freedom to expand schemes](/img/default/lat.png)
An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s buy to let sell-off could lose landlords over £18,000 each](/img/default/lat.png)
More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can letting agents thrive in a growing rental market?](/img/default/lat.png)
With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Russell Quirk,Co-Founder and Advisor/Non-Exec Director of Properganda](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...
01 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Over 50 agents found charging fees - but are they acting illegally?](/img/default/lat.png)
A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenant tells BBC that agency changed locks and removed goods](/img/default/lat.png)
Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ban these short let adverts! - trade body and Labour unite in plea](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market?](/img/default/lat.png)
How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...
24 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Mother-and-daughter agent fraudsters told to expect jail time](/img/default/lat.png)
Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech can help prevent fraud – here’s how](/img/default/lat.png)
Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent control: it can work but can also backfire on tenants, says BBC](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Off to ARLA conference? Early-bird tickets now available](/img/default/lat.png)
Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency in ‘viewing charges’ controversy has had protests in the past](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Scandal as letting agent ‘charges £300 to view properties’](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Two thirds of Britain ‘unaffordable to young renters’ claims BBC](/img/default/lat.png)
A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![David Brent becomes a lettings agent. Fact. Well, sort of...](/img/default/lat.png)
You may have spotted a particularly entertaining ad yesterday for lettings property management firm ARPM - it’s the one that featured...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fergus Wilson hits back on 'baby evictions', curry smells and more...](/img/default/lat.png)
Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![They're In! Second BBC Dragon invests in Airbnb/short lets firm](/img/default/lat.png)
Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Longer tenancies proposals to be unveiled by government tomorrow](/img/default/lat.png)
Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...
01 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Help us to help older tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![We can handle longer tenancies says Build To Rent provider](/img/default/lat.png)
Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![BBC research reveals concern over rise in older renters](/img/default/lat.png)
Older people aged 40 and above are now almost twice as likely to be renting their home from a private landlord...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tenants have worked all year so far just to pay rent, claims BBC](/img/default/lat.png)
Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims. The broadcaster...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents who say 'No DSS tenants' may be acting unlawfully](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Claims that evictions happen 'for no reason' are misleading, says agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Panorama: trade body says most landlords do not abuse eviction powers](/img/default/lat.png)
Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tonight's BBC Panorama to investigate controversial Section 21 evictions](/img/default/lat.png)
Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
!['Halt Right To Rent' says trade body demanding investigation](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...