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

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

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

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service - introduced this month - will make possession court case delays even worse. That’s the...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

The Law Society is raising concerns over the effectiveness of a new support service aimed at tenants at risk of losing...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service kicks in today - it offers early legal advice, free of charge, to anyone...

Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

OnTheMarket Software, the tech division of the portal’s parent group, has announced the inclusion of client accounting functions in its TecLet...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

The current supply demand imbalance across the UK rental market looks set to endure as fewer households move across into owner...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

The Bank of England is warning that many households will struggle to meet their rent or mortgage commitments if interest rates...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

Headline-grabbing demands for more regulation and rent freezes risk frightening buy to let investors away, a leading analyst warns. Doug Shephard is...

Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...

Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...

A prominent lettings Industry figure has slammed Boris Johnson’s latest housing market utterances, branding them “off the cuff” and likely to...

One of Britain’s largest property companies may be sold in one of Britain’s biggest private equity deals. Sky News reports that Terra Firma...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

As energy costs continue to rise, agents are being urged to promote the use of smart meters. That’s the view of Safeagent...

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

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

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...

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

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

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

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

ARLA Propertymark is reminding agents about the controversial Breathing Space legislation coming into effect on May 4. The new rules are known as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

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

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...

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

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance.   It’s the latest in...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

The charity Citizens Advice - which claims a “unique, real-time insight into the challenges people are facing as a result of Coronavirus"...

A survey claims millions of renter households have concerns about their ability to pay landlords this winter - and the charity...

A top property lawyer says a recent decision by bailiffs not to forcibly evict anyone in Tier 2 and Tier 3 is an...

Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...