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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...

The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

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

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

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

Thousands of pounds of landlords’ money may be lost as a result of the administration of high-profile London lettings agency Douglas...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

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

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...

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

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has announced their latest integration with the property technology platform, Reapit. A statement from flatfair says: “Existing users...

Reposit has increased the number of agencies offering its deposit alternative product.   This increase in agent customers comes as Reposit reports growth...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

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

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

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

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...

A property company director who admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has announced that its the first to integrate with The DPS. The integration will mean flatfair can offer...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

The Cambridge Building Society has selected two tenants by ballot to receive up to 70 per cent of their rent back...

General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has launched a rolling subscription model for tenants’ contents insurance. Now tenants pay for their contents cover...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

A campaign group of activists says there have been only “few reports of dodgy behaviour” by agents and landlords in the...

The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...

Rightmove has launched the first rollout phase of products for agents, described as linking the rental journey from advertising and receiving...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...

PropTech rental platform  Goodlord has partnered with an open banking platform to enhance its tenant referencing service. Goodlord, which first integrated open...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...