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A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives.  The comment by Paul...

Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair claims to have enjoyed a record-breaking start to 2024, forming 61 new partnerships.  These include Concept Estate Agents,...

Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...

The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

A new in-person real-time chat service for tenants claims to “assist all aspects of the rental experience.” The service comes from a...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership.  The partners claim the deal with combine reports...

A deposit alternative service has been added to Propertymark’s industry supplier list. Tenants can purchase a Zero Deposit Guarantee from £7.50 upwards...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is launching something called Complete Tenancy Management This claims to give agents tools to manage a tenancy over its...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

Tenants today spend 12% longer in the same property before switching, than they did a decade ago. Analysis of the English Housing...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

Deposit alternative provider, flatfair, has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, 56% of tenants chose...

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

Build To Rent developer and operator Dandara Living has struck a partnership with deposit alternative service flatfair. Dandara joins other BTR operators...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...

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

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

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

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

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

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

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

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

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

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

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

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

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

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

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

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

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

Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

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

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone.  A...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

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

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...