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A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has justified the switch of one of its highest profile executive’s titles from ‘director of property data’ to ‘director of...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A tech firm claims the “vast majority” of agents who use WhatsApp and some other instant messaging platforms are not fully...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a tenant referencing service that it claims allows letting agents to conduct their own...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform Goodlord now integrates with the latest API from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to automate tenancy deposit registration and reduce...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification. The OTS has published an...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

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...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, has integrated with the TDS API - aimed...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. The company has revealed that...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process. Over...
07 February 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance

Lettings software provider Acquaint CRM has integrated its technology with the new API solution created by government-backed Tenancy Deposit Scheme. The TDS...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Prospecting tool Spectre has announced an integration with AgencyCloud from Reapit to personalise direct mail letters. Instead of beginning prospecting letters with...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A member of staff at a Connells-owned branch has been quoted as saying the agency had “no lawful basis” for passing...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Voids are ending the year 25 per cent down on the position at the start of 2021 - an indicator of...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
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Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced. And...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank. From 2025 new rules...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank. While only a...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...
02 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure continues to build on letting agents to play a greater role in the adoption of smart meters across the private...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...
18 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last. The number of...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents’ marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a new integration live and ready to install on Reapit’s AppMarket. BriefYourMarket first integrated with Reapit’s...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
07 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...
15 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...
25 August 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...
19 August 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

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,...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year. In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the Deposit Protection...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
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A pet referencing service is being launched next month - but it expects agents and landlords to pay to see the...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Over the last 15 months (basically since the ‘c’ word entered our daily vocabulary) agent websites has become more crucial than...
21 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before. Knight Frank says...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...
25 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Prominent industry software supplier Reapit and specialist repairs and maintenance service Fixflo have announced a new integration. This allows Fixflo’s software and...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The popularity of buy to let mortgage products offering exclusive rates for higher value loans is a sign of optimism in...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Propertymark is reminding all agents and suppliers, including sole traders, that they must register with the Information Commissioner’s Office if they...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The long-established agency marketing and services supplier ehouse has been bought by CoreLogic UK, the domestic arm of a global property...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...
12 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year. They’re to be held via...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures. Latest data...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...
04 February 2021
From: Sponsored Content

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively. Rentround...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...
05 November 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...
29 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech service The Depositary is extending its existing partnership with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, aiming to fully integrate with the TDS...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

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...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...
01 September 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Automated lettings and management platform teclet has announced a new inventory solution with No Letting Go and its Kaptur inventory app. Kaptur...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative system and rental financial services platform Canopy has raised over £2m in a funding round that was oversubscribed within...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall. Data from Hamptons International...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand in the prime London lettings market is catching up with supply, reducing short-term downwards pressure on rental values. That’s the view...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International. In April the average...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform teclet is offering letting agents that list with OnTheMarket a three month trial offer of a digital inventory service. One...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Enfield council in London has confirmed that it will introduce borough-wide additional licensing. It is also seeking consent from the government to...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Mortgage costs in the buy to let market have continued to fall over the last three months - a trend seen across...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

New data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents shows how the festive slowdown has hit the market. The number of tenants...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Canopy, a firm that says it wants to eliminate rental deposits in the next five years, has won a £50,000 cash...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Controversial housing charity Shelter claims that private renters are collectively paying out £11 billion more a year – around £425 a...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings platform teclet has announced another API partner - the latest of many in recent months. It’s the Product Care Repair or...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says lettings and sales agents are less efficient because software providers and the wider industry have done too...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour council is leading a trial by local authorities of a new digital platform that checks whether agents, landlords and...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days. The data,...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in July according to data just produced...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...
27 August 2019
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Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Manchester-based agency Ascend has revealed it’s now taken over the management of a Build To Rent fund’s portfolio of almost 1,000...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index, looking at the market’s performance in June, has revealed year on...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide. The...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The future of the lettings industry will be tech-driven says one of the industry’s leading consultants, who is now also director...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The 45+ age demographic is the fastest growing tenant market, according to flatsharing site SpareRoom. The website's data shows that the total...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of fake or fraudulent rental applications is on the rise, with landlords and letting agents being fooled by a...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...