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![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market ‘back to the same size as before Covid’ - Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Restrictions - Gove slammed by Labour-dominated council body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and High Interest Rates pose major challenges to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Banned - rogue agents disqualified for abusing Covid loan scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Ceilings Have Been Reached - agency's stark warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Under Pressure in parts of London, admits top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents over a quarter higher than at the start of Covid - new stats](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929426920(1).jpg)
The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year. And looking...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents Still Rising in most areas of UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
Asking rents continue to show positive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland. That’s according to respected property website...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns of 10% rent slump as supply shows sharp rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyValue_400x310.png)
Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Tax Grab - leading agency boss speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build More Homes! Agents in new desperate plea to government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/1%20RVG%20announces%20%C2%A32bn%20plan%20to%20build%205000%20new%20homes%20-%20PIT%20Construction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jailed! Agency owner who helped Albanian gang create huge drug empire](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political uncertainty suggests ongoing landlord exodus, says Knight Frank](/upload/images/EnglandMap-400x310.png)
Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government takes stake in property investment PropTech platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![End of ‘Covid tenancies’ boosts rental supply - agency’s analysis](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan’s rent controls dismissed as “well-meaning but naive”](/upload/images/shutterstock_1909455316.jpg)
Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises outstripping inflation for past nine months - agency analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants itemise top three priorities in new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government house building failures as rental supply drops](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Covid Fraud - property company bosses given suspended sentences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More guarantors demanded as economy slump goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rent rises now a thing of the past says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents soar as new demographics change face of renting in Britain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The total amount of rent paid by tenants in Great Britain this year will hit £85.6 billion - over twice the...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Universal Credit and private renting - agents win case for forum](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent says he’s getting 150+ enquiries per property within 24 hours](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Together We Are Unstoppable, say women agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20Equality%20comes%20through%20learning%20-%20PIT%20by%20Chitra%20Stern.jpg)
Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock as Rent Controls backed by Judicial Review decision](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand payment changes in upcoming Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Close link between rental and sales markets says prominent index](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise move by Propertymark, welcoming house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Yet another record rent rise reported by agency Hamptons](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Growing family cash help to lift buyers out of rental sector](/upload/images/shutterstock_577141876.jpg)
Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Overseas firm slams UK agents “empty High Street branches”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
An overseas agency trying to establish itself in the UK has taken a swipe at domestic agencies’ love of High Street...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![How Many? Huge number of enquiries per rental property](/upload/images/shutterstock_1809642622.jpg)
A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Up and Up! Hamptons says rent growth shows no sign of slowing](/upload/images/shutterstock_276584945.jpg)
There are few signs that the pace of rental growth is slackening, warns Hamptons. It says the cost of a new tenancy...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime London rental market’s “remarkable growth” - agent’s data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ethical lettings agency reveals new website](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![‘Bad to disastrous’ - sharp fall in private rental listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Values plummet in Canary Wharf as fears grow for rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council chief slams holiday lets 'tax subsidy' scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Average rents pass four-figure milestone as stock shortage goes on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
Strong rental growth pushed the average monthly rent on a newly let property outside London up to £1,002 pcm in April,...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home Counties expansion for fledgling franchise agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Small franchise agency Propertynest has expanded into Guildford with a new franchisee offering lettings and sales to the town and its...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Record high for rents as normal market resumes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Rents across Great Britain hit another record high in February, averaging £1,230 pcm for a newly let home. The figure - which...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert - new How To Rent guide to be issued Friday](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_772014820.jpg)
A new How To Rent guide is to be issued on Friday, according to a government communication with the National Residential...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property investment chief falsely claimed Bounce Back Loan](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_621176363.jpg)
The head of a property investment firm has been disqualified from being a director for 12 years following the discovery that...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sharp drop in agents and support staff working from home](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1708606831.jpg)
The number of property employees employees in the UK working from home has dropped by almost half in the space of...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ “knowledge gap” presents opportunity for letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...
15 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth shows no sign of slackening, insists top agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent-Mobile-400x310.png)
Rental growth is showing no sign of slackening with average rents up 8.3 per cent on the same time last year...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants quit London as rents make capital unaffordable](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
The rapid recovery in London rents post-Covid has seen the capital’s tenants leave in record numbers, according to new research from...
13 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Repossession figures trigger worried response from charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures show lettings market running out of homes to rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Post-Covid Lifestyle' pioneered by Build To Rent offering](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand set to rise as first time buyer numbers drop sharply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Rogue agent abused Covid loans with string of false claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
A lettings agent has been banned from holding office in a company for 11 years for abusing Covid loans - but...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let investors flock to the regions for better yields](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/LondonMapUK-400x310.png)
The share of Londoners purchasing property outside of the capital slowed in 2022, back towards pre-Covid norms. That’s the view of lettings...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents pass new milestone as market remains red hot](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
The average rent on a newly let home in Britain rose has hit £1,204 pcm - passing the £1,200 mark for...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Forces veteran opens new agency near military base](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
A former marine is the franchise holder of a brand new Belvoir office close to a famous military base in south...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Latest 2023 agent house price forecast is less downbeat](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent-400x310.png)
The latest high end agency to predict the mainstream market next year is Strutt & Parker - and it’s less downbeat...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in lettings enquiries to The Property Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
The Property Ombudsman has reported a big rise in enquiries over last year and a huge rise since the pre-Covid year,...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Covid reversal as search for city living drives capital appreciation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Property management boss wrongly took out Covid loans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_Banned-400x310.png)
A property management chief has been disqualified as a director for 12 years after using his firms to take out £135,000...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sunak is new PM - here's what we know about his housing policies](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![On top of everything else! Rental law change this weekend](/upload/images/Back-link-images/house%20and%20happer%20scale.jpg)
Propertymark is reminding letting agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way they carry out Right to...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban and emergency rent freeze from today in Scotland](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy disputes dip but one major problem dominates](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/InventoryChecklist-400x310.jpg)
There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness spike threat as private rents soar even higher - claim](/upload/images/library/Homeless-1-400x310.jpg)
London faces a possible homelessness spike this winter due to the cost-of-living crisis and increases in private rents, a group of...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![‘Major uncertainty’ for agents caused by reform proposals in Scotland](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Propertymark has once again hit out at reforms to the private rental sector being implemented by the Scottish Government. The government -...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![City rents play catch-up but lettings market slowdown continues](/upload/images/library/london-property400x310.png)
Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upbeat London market snapshot thanks to ongoing stock shortage](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuyToLet-360x280.png)
The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents storm to record highs as supply drought goes on for now](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BudgetAnalysis-400x310.jpg)
Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![What do you feel about the State Of The Lettings Industry?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessResults-400x310-.jpg)
PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. The annual...
06 July 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
![London rental listings plummet according to agency’s new index](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LondonRichHomes400x310.png)
A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New build house sizes shrinking, claims new survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Interiors/EmptyRoom-400x310.png)
A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents ignore social media at their peril - claim](/upload/images/Social%20Media/Twitter-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New branch opens as franchisees celebrate three years with brand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental supply increasing at last as London returns to near-normality](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent making little impact outside London - new research](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pets are single biggest reason tenants move home](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Change on the agenda for leading inventory clerks’ trade association](/upload/images/Logos/aiic-logo400x310.png)
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![High number of landlords claim agents charge too much](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/business-competition400x310.png)
More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Working From Home - is it the right choice for letting agents?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Virtual tour company complains about low agency take up](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualViewing-CoreLogic-400x310.jpg)
A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![City rental properties a good investment again, say ex-pats](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![More renters likely to be helped by Bank of Mum and Dad](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenantHome-2-400x310.jpg)
The cost-of-living crisis is leading to further dependence on the Bank of Mum and Dad, following an extended period of support...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy lifecycle transformed by pandemic - top agent](/upload/images/Back-link-images/AdobeStock_426273191.jpeg)
A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![London lets recovering but many rents still below pre-Covid levels](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusLockdown-400x310.jpg)
New figures show that post-pandemic rental prices are on the rise across the majority of the capital but that some rents...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Race For Space Is Over - tenants quit Home Counties for London](/upload/images/Locations/london.png)
London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital. That’s the suggestion...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the London suburb where properties let in five days](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A London agency says properties in its patch let in just five days. Draker Lettings in Fulham has just 22 available instructions...
12 May 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
![Is buy to let killing the concept of chains in sales?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransactionsConcept-400x310.jpg)
An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Covid fall-out sees demand move outside cities in the long term](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus3-400x310-min.jpeg)
Remote work could enable over 13m Britons to ultimately live and work outside the major cities, according to research by a...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech claim to identify all private rental licensing schemes](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechCollaboration-1-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech supplier which helps agents and landlords identify private rental sector licensing issues has announced a new partnership. Geospatial technology firm...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech appeal to agents to go digital to improve](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech business just acquired by Iamproperty is warning agents to take advantage of what it calls the digital revolution. Openview -...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert: new government code in force today](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Passport-400x310.png)
A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![No Rent Controls - agents send clear message to politicians](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...