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Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

The current restriction on Airbnb-style short lets to 90 nights a year in London could spread to other cities - and...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities.  Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

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

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

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

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

Flat-sharing website Ideal Flatmate has raised £2m in a funding round in order to expand to seven new cities in the...

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...

A senior Labour politician in Sheffield and the campaign group Acorn have both expressed support for a selective licensing scheme to...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

Could this be the latest way for letting agents to spread their risk and diversify their offer to clients - by...

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

Bristol is the best city for house shares, according to new research by specialist rental sector broadband and utilities provider Glide. The...

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding.  Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

A pressure group that in the past has protested outside letting agency branches has staged more direct action - this time against...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

We’re all for an optimistic interpretation of events but a new tool from comparison website GoCompare lists the UK’s top buy...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...

A rent guarantor service based in London and previously aiming itself at the UK market is expanding into the Republic of...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...

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

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...

The shadow housing minister, John Healey, has started to flesh out the details of Labour's proposed rent controls, announced by Jeremy...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

If you think Airbnb and similar platforms have received a rough ride from some UK letting agencies and the hospitality industry,...

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...

Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the UK's buy-to-let 'sweet spot'. Analysis of data from Home.co.uk by property crowdfunding plaform Property Partner shows...

Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                             What is The World Property Network...

A BBC survey claims that private sector landlords are more likely to accept potential tenants who own pets than ones who...

London is the globe's second most expensive city for renters, according to research by housebuilder Barratt London. The study analysed 20 cities...

Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards.   The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...

A new online estate agency based in London says that to rent the recommended space for a single person in the...

Harrison Murray Lettings is holding a roadshow to showcase what it calls “its experienced and professional service for landlords and tenants.”   Over...

A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...

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

Airbnb’s new protocol seeking to stop London hosts short-letting their properties for more than 90 days a year without formal consent,...

A new report by think tank IPPR supports those who feel the so-called ‘sharing economy’ - short lets via Airbnb and...

The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...

Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...

Affordability pressures in the private rental sector mean that far fewer tenants are now renting properties with spare bedrooms according to...

There has been another market survey suggesting a significant rise in the number of homes available to rent.   There were 11.4 per...

Property consultancy Dataloft has produced an index to monitor what it says are the four key factors behind buy to let investors'...

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

Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...

Agents and landlords in one of the country’s most politically-volatile cities are preparing to meet the local council to protest at...

Almost all of the UK's major towns and cities saw fewer available buy-to-let properties listed during August when compared with July. Property...

Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has secured £200m in funding from institutions to expand its portfolio - and it’s looking for...

Fixflo has stolen a march over other PropTech companies by being the sole representative from the sector to be invited to...

A new kind of what appears to be an online letting agency is launching today to manage properties listed by individuals...

Legal & General has appointed a former Savills residential capital markets expert as it beefs up its team ahead of greater...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

Rents for individual rooms to let are rising fastest in Swansea, Bradford, Portsmouth and Swindon, with all of these locations seeing...

Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...

Speculation is mounting that other European cities including London could follow the example of Berlin in effectively banning short-lets through online...

Landlords predict that one-bedroom flats will be the property type to increase most in value over the next year.  Meanwhile, two-bedroom flats...

The frenzy of investor purchasing of buy to let units ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline has led to an...

Tenants spend an average of 18 months in a rented property before moving on, according to new research by insurer Direct...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

A community group that has in the past staged protests at letting agents’ offices in Bristol has now organised a petition...

If interest rates rise by 2.5 per cent over the next four years, traditional buy to let could become unprofitable in...

People coming to work in Scotland from overseas are making up an increasing proportion of private sector tenants according to a...

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...

Investment advice company London Central Portfolio says the proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy to...

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

The rental market looks set to benefit from the continuing housing market strength as new research claims that first time buyers...

Countrywide may have been criticised by some for recent management and strategy changes but one thing appears to have been proven...

Labour MP David Lammy and Kevin Hollinrake, the founder of Hunters - and now a Conservative MP - have clashed online...

A new survey claims there is a serious shortfall of appropriate quality accommodation for students.  The research, conducted amongst 500 students and...

  Who are you? Ellie Hall. What does it say on your business card? Head of Acquisitions. You're on the hunt for acquisitions, what makes a...

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

The rise and rise of Airbnb - the global online short-lets system that could be used by landlords to short-circuit letting...

The Property Ombudsman, Christopher Hamer, has announced his support for an accredited landlord's scheme in Sunderland.  Sunderland City Council's Accredited Landlord’s Scheme...

One of the biggest investors in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, has appointed a land manager from Barratt...

HomeLet’s rental index figures for June shows another rise with average rents outside of London now standing at £747 per month,...

A Build To Let scheme led by developer Dandara and property investment operator LaSalle is to be the first of its...

Many Councils are now introducing Landlord Licensing within different boroughs, for those that have one of the requirements is a 24...

Onefinestay, a firm offering very high-end Airbnb-style short-let accommodation in London and three other cities, has secured a new investment of...

A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...