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The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

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

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

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...

Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone.  A...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...

A lettings agency has removed a video of an apartment where a murder took place, following an approach by a national...

A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...

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

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

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021.  High...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...

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

New figures released after Christmas by Knight Frank show that the number of new prospective tenants is 26.7 per cent above...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

Foxtons says London’s market is finally cooling - at least a little - for the Christmas period. November followed the seasonal downward...

Rightmove says yesterday’s Bank of England base rate rise to 3.5 per cent - the ninth hike in as many Bank...

The government is under new pressure to introduce a last minute eviction ban to avoid private renters facing homelessness over Christmas. Liberal...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is celebrating the countdown to Christmas with another independent agency acquisition. The franchised office, owned by Kevin...

Purplebricks’ board has announced that a general meeting of shareholders will be held on December 19 - and it involves a...

No fewer than two thirds of the lettings agents surveyed by Goodlord say they expect more landlords to exit the private...

Buy to let mortgage rates will rise “very quickly” this year according to a leading broker. Angus Stewart, chief executive of online...

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...

The rental market appears not to have slowed down this winter - not even over the Christmas break. According to the latest...

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...

Letting Agent Today would like to wish all agents and their families, staff and colleagues a wonderful Christmas 2021. It’s been an...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace.  According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...

Tesco and Morrison supermarket chains are now selling Airbnb gift cards, which are also available from the short lets platform directly...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

Some agents allied with deposit alternative service flatfair - and who previously offered the service to new tenants - are now going...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and The Institute of Residential Property Management have informed their respective memberships that they are pondering combining forces. The...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...

The latest shock resignation from Propertymark leaves the lettings agency sector rudderless - although enthusiasm for the organisation has arguably never...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Only 0.3 per cent of all tenancies in England and Wales ended with a dispute over the deposit in the six...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...

It is thought likely that the new four week lockdown in England coming into effect on Thursday will mean evictions will...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

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

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

The Renters’ Reform Bill worries many in the private rental sector but the government says there is still no date for...

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...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...

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

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

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