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A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence.  The local portal...

Propertymark has pledged its support for the Good Landlord Charter initiated by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham but has urged for greater...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...

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

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

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

It looks as if the government is accepting that there is a problem with how banks treat Pooled Client Accounts -...

Propertymark has responded to an HM Treasury consultation on anti-money laundering processes - and in doing so it’s slammed “heavy handed...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

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

Property Academy guru Peter Knight has made an unusual revelation in a new podcast - he’s told of his link to...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

A buyer has been announced for part of the lettings portfolio of Purplebricks, it has been announced today. The deal, finalised for...

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

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

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

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

A new survey throws light on the scale of the supply shortage hurting the rental market - and in addition shows...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

Daytime TV presenter Jenni Falconer is to host the Propertymark One conference on June 27. Tag-lined ‘Raise Your Game’ the event will...

Rents across Greater London are up 21 per cent year-on-year according to the Home property website, which prepares a mon they...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

Fine & Country holds its international conference on March 10 and according to the agency it will be attended by representatives...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...

OnTheMarket, which in recent days has been revealing deals with new industry partners, continues today with Vaboo. This can provide all OnTheMarket agents...

A PropTech chief technical officer says the more technology is used by agents, the more they will win leads. Damon Bullimore of...

The current higher interest rate environment and the temporary mortgage product withdrawals after the mini Budget will hurt future rental yields,...

There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

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

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

A lettings agency in Kent has been drawn into a spat about rent levels following a councillor’s comment on Twitter. Liberal Democrat...

Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

A webinar being held tomorrow promises to demonstrate how letting agents who ask the right single question to their landlord clients...

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

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...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

Leeds property investment agency ERE Property has undergone a company-wide rebrand in the UK and Hong Kong. No images have been released...

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.”  Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...

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

If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

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

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

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...