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A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

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

A housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

Winkworth has appointed an ex-Chestertons and ex-Strutt and Parker industry figure to recruit new offices to the agency’s network. Chris Brand, who...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

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

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

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

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...

Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...

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...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

A new franchisee has been confirmed for Martin & Co’s branches in Caterham and Redhill & Reigate. A portfolio landlord who lives...

Long-standing Hunters franchisee Adrian Lawrence has grown his lettings business by a massive 200% after acquiring the portfolio of nearby Hunters...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

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

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

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

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

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

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” 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...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

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

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

Lomond has more than doubled its footprint spanning the South Coast after a major deal involving a 10 branch agency, Beal's. Beal’s employs...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

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

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

Lomond has announced one more acquisition in the North West of England - the 17th it has completed in the region...

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

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

It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030.  The firm says...

Another large Build To Rent scheme is in the offing, this time in Devon’s capital city, Exeter. Plans to build 246 BTR...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

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...

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

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

PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord.  Kamma’s...

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