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Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

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

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

An agent claims that if Labour wins the next General Election there will be what he calls “misguided meddling” across the...

The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...

Propertymark is reminding letting agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way they carry out Right to...

In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...

Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has...

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

The long-running uncertainty over Brexit may lead to a glut of British expats returning home and renting rather than buying. That’s the...

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

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

Knight Frank is the latest agency to produce evidence that the lettings sector has rebounded in the four weeks since the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has been informed that the controversial Right To Rent checks forced on to agents and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

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

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

October 31, known as All Hallows' Eve, is now less than three weeks away. While the government continues with its botched Brexit...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...