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![Agency veteran turned MP will run for Conservative leader - report](/upload/images/shutterstock_2388444915.jpg)
The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader. He is MP...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency pays £20,000 to employee for Injury To Feelings](/upload/images/shutterstock_409135339.jpg)
A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![‘City of Airbnbs’ has seen country’s highest house price rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental market cooling according to new Propertymark figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
An average of 85 new applicants were registered per Propertymark member branch in October according to the trade body’s latest lettings...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reform is “a dark day for private rental sector” says Propertymark](/upload/images/Locations/England-Scotland-400x310.jpg)
Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour rent freeze aims to “re-direct profit back to workers”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on politicians to relax proposed eviction rules change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ body queries ability of courts to cope with possessions](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusLockdown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New regulations could “devastate” rental supply - warning](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Eviction law change will hurt rental supply - government warned](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Eviction2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![London lettings some way from full recovery, says agency](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMapPins-400x310.jpg)
There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![London rental market strong but growth depends on easier travel](/upload/images/Logos/Winkworth-logo400x310.png)
A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Covid guidance to letting and estate agents](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusLockdown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England. - Isolation...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New rules for un-vaccinated tenants living with those with Covid](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus3-400x310-min.jpeg)
The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances. New guidelines issued by...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds surveys housing market ahead of huge rental investment](/upload/images/Logos/LloydsBank-logo400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Local authority wants agent and landlord contact ahead of evictions](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-Tenant-Kitchen-400x310.jpg)
A local authority has launched a free service seeking to avoid evictions. New Forest council says its new 'Call Before You Serve' programme is a free service providing...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Race For Space means rents soaring on detached houses](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why is tenancy fraud on the rise?](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/Homeppl/LAT_Homeppl_400x310.png)
More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...
07 October 2021
From: Proptech & Innovation
![Cut Us Some Slack! Politicians told to stop demonising letting agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![House of Commons chronicles Covid help to landlords and tenants](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Notice Rumpus - agents hint that politicians are out of touch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pandemic delays review of tenant fees ban in Wales](/upload/images/Locations/WalesFlag-400x310.jpg)
The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Right to Rent and Referencing](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Legislate/Legislate%20360x280.png)
It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...
15 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Eviction notice periods return to normal next month - official](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government must back letting agents as rental reform nears - call](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Possession rules change extended until May 2022](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-Agreement-400x310.png)
Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Regional cities surviving Covid and Brexit best, says investment firm](/upload/images/Brexit/BrexitEgg-400x310.jpg)
Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![The legal updates which impacted letting agents the most in 2021](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Legislate/Legislate%20360x280px.png)
How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...
18 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Short Lets market in cities still suffering because of travel controls](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus6-400x310-min.jpeg)
The trade body for short lets operators - the Short Term Accommodation Association - says it wants even more travel restrictions...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Don't charge for viewings - PropTech can prioritise serious tenants, says firm](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons lifts lid on rents and demographics in London rental market](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons. The agency says the gradual...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid: Virtual viewings should still be first priority, says government](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government updates Covid guidance for private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has updated its guidance for agents, landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Keep wearing facemasks after July 19, ARLA Propertymark tells agents](/img/default/lat.png)
New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents show another modest rise across UK - with London an exception](/img/default/lat.png)
Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the Deposit Protection...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![A record! Average UK rent over £1,000 pcm for first time](/img/default/lat.png)
The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Every listing should have a virtual tour within three years - PropTech firm](/img/default/lat.png)
The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban extension: Propertymark squares up for a fight](/img/default/lat.png)
Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents given two months longer to prepare ‘normal’ Right To Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Relief for lettings sector as mandatory mediation threat is lifted](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Simon Tillyer, founder of Vouch](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...
08 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agency opens branch with £10,000 grant from local council](/img/default/lat.png)
A new Lancashire estate agency, Jusa Homes, has opened new premises thanks to a £10,000 local council grant. Julie Hardy and Sarah...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rents fall - but less than before](/img/default/lat.png)
The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before. Knight Frank says...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Show Us The Results: Agents demand mediation pilot evidence](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents soar outside London - but dip in the capital itself](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself. The...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Forum for private rental sector to be staged next week by council](/img/default/lat.png)
Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s new housing chief wants to work with Tories to scrap S21](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb extends lettings restrictions until the end of the summer](/img/default/lat.png)
A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Evicted tenants must be given Legal Aid, insists solicitors’ chief](/img/default/lat.png)
The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb/Short Lets sector confident of quick recovery from pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Possession cases FALLEN during pandemic, not risen - government](/img/default/lat.png)
Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Coming Out Of Covid tough for letting agents, says top supplier](/img/default/lat.png)
Coming out of Covid and realising that relaxed procedures will be tightened up once again, will present challenges to letting agents...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Updated Covid guidance for letting and estate agents](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark has produced new guidance for letting agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid restrictions. It says:...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 - government may make pledge today](/img/default/lat.png)
Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the private rental sector in retreat?](/img/default/lat.png)
A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid issues hit leading agency group’s lettings revenue](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must still help landlords and tenants during Covid - ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must be ultra-responsive to tenant complaints during pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy Disputes? These webinars may help you resolve them...](/img/default/lat.png)
The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is London’s rental market stabilising at last?](/img/default/lat.png)
London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert: Updated government guidance on possession action](/img/default/lat.png)
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must accept deals over arrears if all else fails - advice](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns of Covid uncertainty despite its own strong performance](/img/default/lat.png)
Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Central London lettings revenue plummets up to 20% admits agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government slammed over holiday lets mixed messages](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings management platform is hitting out at the government over the uncertainty surrounding travel restrictions, because of its impact on...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid - how it's hit the lettings market over the past year](/img/default/lat.png)
With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Nightingale Courts to continue as possession case backlog rises](/img/default/lat.png)
In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government tweaks Covid guidance for rental sector ahead of new rules](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has revised its official guidance for the private rental sector and local authorities in the light of imminently-changing Coronavirus advice. The...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Surprise as Capital Gains Tax left unchanged in government plans](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents told to prepare for post-lockdown rentals rush](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![MPs still debating whether there’s enough Covid help for private renting](/img/default/lat.png)
Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![David Alexander is joint Chief Executive Officer of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...
12 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Lawyers concerned about ‘tapering’ of latest eviction ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The Law Society says it’s concerned about how the government will taper the end of the eviction ban, now extended until...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons’ naked ambition - it wants to buy more lettings books](/img/default/lat.png)
Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let and Build To Rent win big investment despite pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Yet another Eviction Ban extension - and then it will 'taper off'](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents reminded about ‘Breathing Space’ laws effective from May](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark is reminding agents about the controversial Breathing Space legislation coming into effect on May 4. The new rules are known as...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Arrests made as protesting activists try to enter lettings agency](/img/default/lat.png)
Local media in the Homes Counties report that two arrests were made after police were called by a lettings agency where...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency using black cab to allow “multiple viewings” by investors](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Furlough extension will be saviour for many agents - PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Budget Briefing for Letting Agents - the key announcements](/img/default/lat.png)
This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sunak warned on property taxes - Don’t use us to pay Covid debts!](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Livestream viewing could boost instructions and save thousands - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![London council says licensing regimes ‘make renting fairer’](/img/default/lat.png)
A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short lets will be first rental sector to recover post-pandemic - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant loans the only answer to growing arrears, says think tank](/img/default/lat.png)
A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour says latest eviction ban extension isn’t enough](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Up and Up - rental growth picks up for the sixth month in a row](/img/default/lat.png)
The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons. Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rough and ready virtual viewings more useful than slick ones - agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A search agent says virtual viewings for prospective tenants or purchasers are useful - but less sophisticated ones reveal more than...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid is forcing rental market into a ‘once in a lifetime change’](/img/default/lat.png)
The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Evictions, possession, Right To Rent - all being debated today](/img/default/lat.png)
Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![ARLA warns that ‘many landlords can no longer make ends meet’](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Six months notice rule has unintended consequences in London - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![David Alexander is joint CEO of apropos](/img/default/lat.png)
For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent reductions for students extended by country’s largest provider](/img/default/lat.png)
Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Voids increase across the board but market otherwise proving resilient](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ to help staff mental health](/img/default/lat.png)
A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...