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Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

Student accommodation listings service StuRents has added three new hires as it expands. Chris Glen is the new head of customer success....

Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth.   The average rent on a newly let property in...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...