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A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

Rightmove has justified the switch of one of its highest profile executive’s titles from ‘director of property data’ to ‘director of...

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...

A tech firm claims the “vast majority” of agents who use WhatsApp and some other instant messaging platforms are not fully...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness.  The trade body says...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a tenant referencing service that it claims allows letting agents to conduct their own...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...

Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...

Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

PropTech platform Goodlord now integrates with the latest API from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to automate tenancy deposit registration and reduce...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification.  The OTS has published an...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, has integrated with the TDS API - aimed...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

Lettings software provider Acquaint CRM has integrated its technology with the new API solution created by government-backed Tenancy Deposit Scheme.  The TDS...

Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...

Prospecting tool Spectre has announced an integration with AgencyCloud from Reapit to personalise direct mail letters. Instead of beginning prospecting letters with...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

Voids are ending the year 25 per cent down on the position at the start of 2021 - an indicator of...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

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

Pressure continues to build on letting agents to play a greater role in the adoption of smart meters across the private...

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last.   The number of...

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...

Agents’ marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a new integration live and ready to install on Reapit’s AppMarket. BriefYourMarket first integrated with Reapit’s...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

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

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

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

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...

The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

The average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £1,029, up 6.6 per cent on the same time last year,...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and The Institute of Residential Property Management have informed their respective memberships that they are pondering combining forces. The...

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...

Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

A pet referencing service is being launched next month - but it expects agents and landlords to pay to see the...

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...

Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...

Over the last 15 months (basically since the ‘c’ word entered our daily vocabulary) agent websites has become more crucial than...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

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

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

Prominent industry software supplier Reapit and specialist repairs and maintenance service Fixflo have announced a new integration.  This allows Fixflo’s software and...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

Propertymark is reminding all agents and suppliers, including sole traders, that they must register with the Information Commissioner’s Office if they...

The long-established agency marketing and services supplier ehouse has been bought by CoreLogic UK, the domestic arm of a global property...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year.  They’re to be held via...

Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

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

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

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

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

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

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

PropTech service The Depositary is extending its existing partnership with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, aiming to fully integrate with the TDS...

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

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

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes...

Automated lettings and management platform teclet has announced a new inventory solution with No Letting Go and its Kaptur inventory app. Kaptur...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

Deposit alternative system and rental financial services platform Canopy has raised over £2m in a funding round that was oversubscribed within...

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall.   Data from Hamptons International...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

Demand in the prime London lettings market is catching up with supply, reducing short-term downwards pressure on rental values. That’s the view...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...