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

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...

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...

Two former Keller Williams agents have their own BBC Three TV show now available on the iPlayer. It’s called Rent Like a...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...

There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards.   The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...

Earlier this month we reported on Belfast council’s decision to open a public consultation on whether To Let boards should be...

Another local authority is considering a ban to reduce the impact - or possibly ban outright - agents' To Let boards.  Residents...

Rents for individual rooms to let are rising fastest in Swansea, Bradford, Portsmouth and Swindon, with all of these locations seeing...

Average rents for single rooms across the UK increased at a faster rate than those in London, according to spareroom.co.uk. The rental...