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A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

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

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

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

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

A politician is raising the possibility that people who live in private blocks and let out their apartments via Airbnb or...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

London lettings network Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed to manage and let a huge new portfolio of around 3,000...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

A group of activists has expressed outrage over a council’s private rental licensing scheme, claiming it is too small to catch...

Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks.  It’s...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...

A letting agent who stole a reported £700,000 from clients has been jailed for five years and has been described by...

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...

The Build To Rent provider Grainger has reported a 23 per cent rise in profits and says it is looking for...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...

A new website specifically dedicated to marketing rented property with tenants in place has raised over £2m investment in the past...

The city council in Nottingham claims it has taken action against no fewer than 561 unauthorised To Let boards under powers...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...

An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...

One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...

A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...

The National Landlords’ Association appears to be first off the starting blocks with its submission to government ahead of the next...

The local authority in Islington, north London, is attempting to close what it calls a loophole concerning private rental property and...

A lettings sector trade body is warning that contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance needs updating.    At present, landlords or their agent...

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...

Data from the first three months of this year suggests that investors are increasingly purchasing smaller, cheaper properties. Specialist lender Mortgages for...

Build To Rent operator Essential Living has won planning consent for 221 new homes in Brentford - part of the firm’s...

Mark Clare, the former Barratt Developments chief executive, is to be the next chairman of Britain’s current largest listed landlord, Grainger,...

Specialist mortgage lender OneSavings Bank is the latest to announce that it is introducing stricter affordability assessments for all new buy...

The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced.  Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...

  Beal’s, a 13-office independent in Hampshire, has snapped up another independent in the county, Baker & Elder in Southsea.    Currently Beal’s -...

New data produced for Fire Door Safety Week shows that lower income tenants are more concerned about fire safety where they...

Some industry organisations have spotted that under new legislation now in effect, tenants’ associations are being given the right to gain...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

Q: What does it say on your business card?   Head of Indirect Sales & Partnership Products Q: What does your role involve? I head up...

The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...

Mixed-use developer Muse says it will submit plans for a 100-unit Build To Let scheme at part of a retail, office...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...

Letting agents and property managers of blocks with fire doors are being urged to take their responsibilities more seriously. The warning comes...

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