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Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

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

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

One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

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

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

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

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

The rental market in Prime London continues to suffer from a severe stock shortage according to recent data from property consultancy...

The rate of rental growth in Prime London has started to ease and may even have levelled off, says data firm...

A crackdown on Airbnbs and other short lets in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has infuriated landlord’s’ representatives. In line with the rest...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

The number of ‘bills inclusive’ tenancies has plummeted, just as energy prices soar. That’s the claim from PropTech firm Vouch, which says...

A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

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...

Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

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

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

An agent has been disqualified from managing companies for five years after she failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

A letting agent who stole a reported £700,000 from clients has been jailed for five years and has been described by...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

A fine of over £29,000 has been imposed on an absentee landlord whose property was said to have put tenants’ lives...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...

The financial downturn was “probably the best thing that could have happened” to this country’s private rental sector according to lettings...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

Average asking rents in Scotland now stand at £767 per month, up 2.1 per cent over the past year.  The exception to...

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...

The governor of the Bank of England has ruled out an immediate rise in interest rates because of the turmoil in...

A letting agency has been ordered to pay more than £12,000 in fines and court costs after being convicted of seven...

A landlord who did not have the required licence for the number of tenants living in his property, and who also...

A letting agent has been disqualified from acting as a director for 10 years following the collapse of his Hove agency,...