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A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

The rental sector bounce back in London and the Home Counties is now underway according to Knight Frank. The agency forecasts rental...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

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

Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has made a new call for power to cap private rents. He’s claimed that rents in the...

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

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

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

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

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

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

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests little easing of the strong tenant demand and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

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

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

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

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

The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...

A third of buy to let investors would change the way they voted in the EU referendum if they could. That’s the...

One year on from the beginning of the pandemic, London’s reversal of fortunes in the rental market continues according to the...

Rents across the wider London commuter belt continued to rise in the first three months of the year, according to a...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

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

A lettings management platform is hitting out at the government over the uncertainty surrounding travel restrictions, because of its impact on...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

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

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

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

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Hi, I’m Kersteen McConnell and I am a Business Development...

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

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

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

Shelter has launched a fund-raising campaign because of what it calls a huge rise in demand for its emergency services, and in anticipation of what...

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

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

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

The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...

A lettings agency in the growing Lomond Group has purchased a rental portfolio on the south coast.  Brand Vaughan has bought the lettings...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

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

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...

Movinghub, the platform that showcases a range of home moving services, is now available on the Reapit Marketplace app. This new Marketplace...

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

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

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

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

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

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

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

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

The lettings sector has softened over the past year as the demand for urban living with shorter commutes has been replaced...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

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...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

A lettings agency has called in the police after a protest involving anti-agent activists demanding compensation for past tenants. The Eastern Daily...

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

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

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

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

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

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

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

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

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

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

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

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

Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...

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

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

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

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

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

It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

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

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

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

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

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

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

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

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least.  Research by rental platform Spotahome has...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

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

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...

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

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

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...

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

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

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

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

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

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

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

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...

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

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

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

The latest snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows “huge gains for the lettings market” since transactions resumed a month ago. The...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

Knight Frank is the latest agency to produce evidence that the lettings sector has rebounded in the four weeks since the...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

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

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...

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

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs.  A...

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

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

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

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

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

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

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

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

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

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

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

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

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

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

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

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

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

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

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

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

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

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

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...

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

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...