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It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

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

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

Five agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme - all for compliance failures. The first is Home Trader Properties, in...

There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...

An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...

A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...

A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

A student accommodation provider has been granted planning consent to turn a building in central Leeds into a 350-bed purpose-built block. Study...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...

A lettings agency has called in the police after a protest involving anti-agent activists demanding compensation for past tenants. The Eastern Daily...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

A new concept of co-living is being offered on a rental basis at a new purpose-built development in west London. The firm...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

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

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

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

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...

Airbnb has announced that it has teamed up with three hosting agencies in the UK in a bid to make the...

The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...

This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...

ARLA has set out the main reasons why tenants don't get their deposits back in every case.   A survey of its members...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

An alternative to traditional deposits, already tested in the German rental market, is now being introduced into the UK - and...

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign...

Property marketplace TheHouseShop.com has announced a partnership with home services marketplace Plentific. Users of TheHouseShop will now be able to use Plentific’s...

A Build To Rent operator with properties in London and Glasgow is scrapping tenants’ deposits from the middle of next month,...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says the end of May usually triggers the annual movement of students from their rented properties -...

Airbnb has changed details on its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.   The short-let platform’s website, seen on December...

A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...

An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...

A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...

Property sharing platform Ace Relocations has changed the wording of a listing on its website after a complaint was lodged with...

An industry body says more work must be done to reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite recent improvements.   The Association...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

The number of tenancy deposit disputes reached a record high in 2015-16, but still represents only a fraction of all deposits. Figures...

Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...

Cleaning is the number one cause of disputes in the private rental sector since the introduction of tenant deposit protection in...

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

Suzy Hershman, Head of Dispute Resolution for mydeposits, covers her top tips for preparing your dispute evidence If I had a £1 for...

When renting out a property, most landlords choose to take a deposit from their tenant prior to the tenancy starting. The...

A letting agent has launched its own management service for landlords organising short-term lets on Airbnb.  ACEProperty, an estate and letting agency...

Landlords and letting agents are coming across increasingly dirty rental properties at the end of tenancies, as a study reveals that...

Poor cleaning leads to some 60 per cent of the 36,000 deposit disputes referred for adjudication each year according to tenancy...

The average tenant spends a total of £577.64 on letting agent fees, according to new research. The research, carried out by an...

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...

A formal tenancy deposit dispute could be defused by something as basic as a simple conversation, says the Association of Independent...

Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...

It is to the credit of our political parties - and our own industry’s lobbying - that so many housing-related matters...

The majority of private sector tenants who have rented a property in the past five years have failed to get their...