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Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes.  However, rents...

Over seven in 10 landlords report rising tenant demand during the third quarter – a new record high, research conducted on...

Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...

The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...

A prominent lettings agent has called for a wider reform of eviction rules. This follows a demand by a group of...

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Rent levels and voids held steady over the past month with strong demand keeping annual price growth at nearly eight per...

Letting agents are currently managing 25 email and phone enquiries on average for every property they have to let across Britain,...

Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

A Manchester-based company which runs what it calls “an instant booking student accommodation marketplace” has joined forces with Norwegian tech firm...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Nakul Patel and on my business card...

The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...

There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...

Labour’s new shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Angela Rayner, says she will put council Housing at the heart of...

Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country.  It says rental...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

An agency’s survey of tenants reveals that three quarters feel ‘trapped’ because of the lack of choice in the private rental...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

Up to 160 regulations and responsibilities are overwhelming landlords and pushing them towards using agents, a prominent buying agent and property...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...

Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

An online lettings platform is warning that some landlords are being give “too good to be true" promises of rent increases by...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

A stark warning has been made to lettings and estate agents that interest rates as high as seven per cent may...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...

A study by consumer intelligence service TwentyCi shows a continued severe under-supply of properties in the private rental sector.  It says that...

The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector.  It says that in June the number...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

The directors of Winkworth are warning shareholders of a challenging period thanks to higher and faster-raising interest rates - with only...

Propertymark is supporting a new Anti Social Behaviour Awareness campaign, calling for greater clarity from government on how agents and landlords...

The latest market snapshot from Propertymark shows that once again the lettings sector is dominated by demand outstripping supply. Using data from...

An independent agency with a lettings portfolio of 400 units has been snapped up by franchise holders in the Newton Fallowell...

The chief executive of a respected industry supplier is warning that the lack of supply is making the rental sector “more...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...