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The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...

A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

Details have emerged of a flagship agent training event to be held later this year. Agent Rainmaker Live is to be a...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...

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

An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...

The owner of a property in the Leicestershire village of Great Dalby has been fined after removing two trees within a...

New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Agent websites has become more crucial than ever in attracting new business. Consumers are more informed and doing more research online...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

A 133-unit co-living rental scheme is to be built in the Devon city of Exeter. The scheme will place an emphasis on community living...

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

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue? By...

A council in a leafy area of south east England has issued an emergency prohibition order to a buy to let...

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

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future.  Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...

The local authority at Brent in north London has secured what it calls “an important court victory” after “appalling conditions” were...

The owner of a property firm who reportedly misled tenants and let an illegally converted property has been jailed for 155...

Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...

Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...

A lettings firm and a property management company that converted a family home into micro flats have been found guilty of...

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into seven flats and rented them out without planning permission faces having to repay...

A buy to let landlord who converted an Uxbridge house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay...

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

A building firm that carried out illegal building work to create homes to let has been hit with a £250,000 confiscation...

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

A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received £1.45 billion in investment...

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received its second big investment...

On October 6 2015 we published an article concerning Clever Student Lets Ltd, entitled “Agents back political probe into deal between...

It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...

A previously-convicted landlord has been ordered to pay over £200,000 by a court for illegally converting two properties into flats without...

A couple from Cambridgeshire have been fined £10,000 and ordered to hand over in excess of £75,000 after repeatedly renting out...

Crowdfunding platform CrowdPropertyhas now raised a total of £1.43m across four residential property development projects in the UK.   It says almost 2,000...

About ten years ago, I was working as the branch manager of an estate agency based in an affluent part of...