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Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

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

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

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

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...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

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...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

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

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...

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

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...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

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

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

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

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

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...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

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

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

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...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

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

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

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

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

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

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

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

Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards.  The search for the very best of...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Knight Frank has appointed Louna Del Barrio as lettings associate in a key London office. Del Barrio comes to Knight Frank following...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

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

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

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

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

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

Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...

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

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

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

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

Propertymark is hosting an Understanding Material Information for Lettings Agents on Thursday January 18 from 1230 to 1400. The National Trading Standards...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

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...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over a bank chief’s comments on first time buyers. Sir Howard Davies, chairman of NatWest, responded...

The Leeds- and Manchester-based North Property Group is opening a base in London.  NPG was founded by Oli Banks and Tim Coen...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

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

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

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

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

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 latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

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

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...