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ARLA Propertymark has put out a call for agents to provide support to vulnerable tenants who may be self-isolating during the...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...

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

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

Grainger, one of the biggest forces in the UK’s Build To Rent sector, says it has proved the resilience of the...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

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

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

London-focussed agency Chestertons has become the latest business to use the teclet platform to manage tenancy, renewal and management processes. Around 40...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...

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

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

A real estate litigation partner at a leading law firm is warning that the Coronavirus crisis could lead to an 18...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

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

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

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

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

The national homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about a common but under-reported form of homelessness – sofa surfing. The report,...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Lloyds Bank appears to have contacted at least some of its letting agent clients to say that it is closing all...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

A senior figure at a deposit replacement service says the current flurry of changes in the private rental sector are positive. Daniel...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

Buy to let may have been in the doldrums in recent years thanks to new taxes and stricter regulations but there’s...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

Net buy to let investment has fallen 80 per cent in the past two years, a mortgage lenders’ group claims.  The Intermediary...

At least one trade body has expressed an apparent scepticism about whether the rebranding of the Department of Communities and Local...

The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...

A family-run lettings agency says its viability is seriously threatened by the likely fees ban to be introduced in 2018 -...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

Romans says one in four of its registered buyers in the first half of this year has been an investor, suggesting...

The impact of recent changes to the way buy to let properties are taxed could create the next pension crisis, a...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

Properties let out via Airbnb in the Republic of Ireland may come under greater planning scrutiny.    It follows the news that a...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

Some of the property professionals behind the campaign against the changes to buy to let landlords’ taxation have compiled a comprehensive...

A senior Conservative peer has renewed his attack on his own party over the buy to let tax grab on landlords,...

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

The chairman of the Residential Landlords’ Association has restated how he sees the private rental sector could help solve the country’s...

Airbnb has hit back at a claim by the Residential Landlords Association that lets promoted by the firm effectively worsened London’s housing...

Former shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham - now Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester - has outlined a string of...

Some 27 per cent of landlords consider an online letting agency to be a more attractive option for managing property than...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

This evening at 9pm sees the start of a second season of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords on Channel 5.  The 10-part series...

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

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

Falling demand from financial services sector employees has seen the annual rental value growth in prime central London ease back to...

The managing director of the mortgages division of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, says George...

It appears almost certain that the Bank of England is preparing for new mortgage controls in a bid to dampen what...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

The online petition against the government's proposed tax changes for buy to let investors is "a waste of time" according to...

The petition against the proposed tax changes outlined by Chancellor George Osborne in last month’s Budget has now achieved 20,000 signatures. This...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

More evidence of a possible affordability issue in the private rental sector has been produced from a survey of Londoners earning...

A letting agent is urging landlords to try to circumnavigate tax changes aimed at the buy to let sector by incorporating...

One in four households in the UK will be privately renting by 2025 - that’s the conclusion of research by respected...

Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

The head of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association is telling the Bank of England to back away from its strident warnings...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has teamed up with around 30 other European professional property bodies to consider how to...

A city worried that the explosion of short lets offered via Airbnb may worsen its existing housing crisis is next month...

The National Landlords Association has issued a briefing note which it says is a warning to Labour’s leadership and deputy leadership...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

The Mirror newspaper has taken the extraordinary step of naming the landlords - some of them letting agencies or private individuals...

The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...

The pressure group Generation Rent - which has been sharply critical of letting agents, landlords and the private rental sector in...

Rents across England and Wales are now 15.2 per cent higher than at the time of the last General Election in...