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An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

A boutique agency with branches in prime central and south west London has expanded its lettings operation by acquiring two agencies...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

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

Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually.  The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...

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

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

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

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

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

The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

A fraudster lettings agent must repay £122,922.68 to her old firm within three months - or face yet more time in...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

Although Purplebricks’s Scottish lettings book was sold in a deal over the Bank Holiday weekend, there remains uncertainty over the rest...

PropTech rental platform  Goodlord has partnered with an open banking platform to enhance its tenant referencing service. Goodlord, which first integrated open...

Purplebricks has given its most pessimistic trading update yet, admitting its effects to find a buyer are tanking and its financial...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

Corrupt elites and criminal gangs who abuse the property and financial sectors will be identified and stripped of their cash, the...

A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...

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

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

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

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

Exeter council in Devon is promoting a scheme to private landlords by calling it a “cost-effective solution for landlords who want...

An online lettings platform has shut its crowdfunding campaign after easily exceeding its target of £850,000. Lettingaproperty - founded by brothers Jonathan...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, who eight weeks ago claimed to have “a plan to grow our lettings business”, is now...

An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords has beaten its target to raise £850,000 In investment - and it’s still...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

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

Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round.  The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

Propertymark wants the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to widen access to cash help to those that need it...

Three councils will be sharing £1.21m in public cash over the next two years to tackle poor quality properties in the...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

A new survey from Aviva has revealed that over a million people may rule themselves out of the first-time buyer market,...

The council in the London borough of Merton will fund an additional payment of £100 per month to residents who host...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...

Jeremy Hunt’s firm grasp of fiscal policy after the market turmoil of recent weeks won’t stop what one housing expert calls...

A north west England lettings agency has expanded with a swoop on a Preston-based business. Keenans Group has acquired Letting Locations for...

A Build To Rent scheme has been handed a huge cash boost from City investors. Investec Real Estate has given Edmond de...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

Zero Deposit is piloting a new product that provides six weeks’ cover on every tenancy, even when the renter selects a...

There’s good news and bad news for letting agents on the anti-money laundering front. The good news is that the overall number...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

The Lomond Group has made another acquisition of an independent lettings firm, this time in the Midlands. Its John Shepherd brand has...

With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

A Build To Rent operator is cashing in on the surge in demand for allotments by creating mini-versions at one London...

OnTheMarket claims it’s on track to achieve its strategic aim - to create “a tech-enabled property business across the broader property...

New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...

PropTech operator Lettingaproperty has won £750,000 to build a new rental platform of landlords and tenants. The cash boost, from the MEIF...

Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...

A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit is launching a new option which it says gives tenants more flexibility to split the guarantee...

An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...