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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...

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

Tenants’ bills are expected to hit a record £63 billion this year - and much of it is down to the...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

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

A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims.  The...

The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

The largest operator in London for the niche co-living sector has doubled the size of its portfolio in the east of...

The cost-of-living crisis is leading to further dependence on the Bank of Mum and Dad, following an extended period of support...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...

London lettings platform Rentd says a property rented with bills included may be convenient but it will also be expensive. Rentd says...

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...

Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...

The allAgents reviews platform is calling on letting agents to ensure rental properties’ energy suppliers have up to date meter readings...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...

Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

Lettings technology platform Goodlord has acquired a new app called acasa.  acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...

Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...

Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

Time to put the gloom and doom about buy to let to one side - a new analysis shows that a...

Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...

A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...

A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...

A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

The controversial Right To Rent, which obliges letting agents and landlords to check the right of prospective tenants to live in...

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...

An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...

Wembley Park in north London is to host Britain’s largest Build To Rent scheme yet after Quintain revealed a programme for...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...

Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...

A London couple have used a lettings website to advertise for flat sharers in their property overlooking the Thames - it...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...

A study of just over 1,000 students suggests that 58 per cent use online sources to find accommodation while only 25...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans.   An...

Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...

A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...

A former letting agent has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to ten counts of fraud. Nicholas Dowse, also known...

A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...

A letting agent and four landlords face bills totalling more than £20,000 after being prosecuted by Islington Council for operating unlicensed...

What is described as the world’s largest’ co-living’ scheme opens this week with a 550-bed 11-storey development in west London.  With rents...

A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...

The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...

So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...

Who are you? Jen Paice What does it say on your business card? Chief executive of SafeDeposits Scotland What does SafeDeposits Scotland do? We are...

MPs and members of the House of Lords want private sector tenants to be given clearer up-front information on the cost...

Scottish tenants are paying off late rent amid improving household finances, according to Your Move.  As of January the proportion of late...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

Buy to let tax relief is still set to total around £15 billion annually even after changes to tax relief are introduced,...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...

Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...

Bruten & Co Limited, a sales and lettings agent based in Notting Hill Gate, London, has been expelled from membership of...

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...

Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for June.   The Birmingham Central branch...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

Recent weeks have seen changes made to the rules that govern responsibility for property repairs in the private rented sector. Section 11...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...

Letting agency GFW Lettings says new Green Deal targets to improve energy efficiency will have a challenging impact on private sector...

Q: What does it say on your business card? I like the flexibility of roles so I do not have a title...