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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...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

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

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

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

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

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

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

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

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

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

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

Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...

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

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

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

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

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

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

The Autumn Statement on November 22 is the traditional vehicle for the Chancellor to introduce tax change - but now you...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

A strong lettings division has allowed Foxtons to record strong growth in its latest trading statement, despite the challenging sales market. The...

A stark warning has been made to lettings and estate agents that interest rates as high as seven per cent may...

A property industry commentator wants buy to let mortgage rules to be relaxed so that frustrated sellers can let out their...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...

Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...

One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

A London-focused lettings agency says actual rents in the capital are far greater than official average figures produced by the government.  Benham...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

London-focussed agency Foxtons has reported a huge leap in revenue from its lettings division. Lettings revenue was up 27 per cent in...

Revenue from property taxes in Scotland has dropped significantly so far this year, according to a prominent lettings agency.  DJ Alexander Ltd...

Propertymark has renewed its call for Local Housing Allowance  - which has remained static since 2020 - to be increased. It says...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

A prominent lettings agency chief wants a raft of measures to help the private rental sector and investors in next week’s...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

Pre-tax profits for Connells Group have plummeted from £111.3m in 2021 to £67.5m last year - but its lettings division has...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...

The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...

Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...