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KEYWORD "Employment" - 100 RESULTS
Rental Sector Tax Grab - leading agency boss speaks out

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

05 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Agency pays £20,000 to employee for Injury To Feelings

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

01 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

27 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Short Lets Shake Up - Gove slammed for “political posturing”

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

19 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Report downplays ‘posh’ image of Build To Rent flats and tenants

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

19 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Budget 2024 - Just days left for agents to send ideas to Jeremy Hunt

Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...

19 January 2024

From: Breaking News

This week’s inflation news may determine a New Year interest rate cut

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

18 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Mortgage lending to drop in 2024 - a silver lining for rental sector?

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

13 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Rental growth to slow as supply catches up with demand

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

28 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Home Office issues agents with new code of practice for Right To Rent

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

16 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents demand payment changes in upcoming Autumn Statement

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

26 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Many want to go self-employed - but do the figures add up?

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

04 October 2023

From: Breaking News

New figures escalate threat of yet another interest rate rise

The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...

13 September 2023

From: Breaking News

Revealed - the cheapest and dearest places to rent in England

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

16 August 2023

From: Breaking News

Revealed - most common lies on rental applications

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

20 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Huge cash funding to help Ukrainians into private rentals

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

19 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency unveils perks, benefits and discounts to lure staff

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

16 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Strong rental prospects in cities tipped for long-term growth

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

12 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Can agencies work without contacting staff outside office hours?

Labour says it will enact a law banning company bosses from contacting staff outside working hours. The Financial Times reported over the weekend that party...

15 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Crap Choice? Gerald Ratner a key speaker at Propertymark event

A keynote speaker at the upcoming Propertymark One event is Gerald Ratner. In 1991 Ratner - then chief executive of a down...

09 May 2023

From: Breaking News

New national lettings agency set up by Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

18 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Anger over Airbnbs and holiday lets needing planning consent

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

13 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents react to Bank of England interest rate decision

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

24 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Only City cash in Build To Rent can ease supply crisis - claim

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

22 March 2023

From: Breaking News

Landlords’ “knowledge gap” presents opportunity for letting agents

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

15 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Reinstate Mortgage Interest Tax Relief - agents’ plea to government

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

02 February 2023

From: Breaking News

Industry figure urges Labour to do more to improve housing supply

The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...

09 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Agents insist latest price falls are not signs of a crash

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

09 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Rental demand set to rise as first time buyer numbers drop sharply

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

05 January 2023

From: Breaking News

Lettings key to agents’ survival if sales slump in 2023

Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...

14 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Enough Is Enough - should next interest rate rises be delayed?

A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...

04 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

04 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Down They Go - House prices to drop to mid-2021 levels says agency

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

31 October 2022

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Cuts take effect immediately

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

23 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Zoopla reveals huge three-figure rent rise in past year

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

13 September 2022

From: Breaking News

TikTok Recruits? Agents must employ younger staff - call

A major lettings sector supplier says the industry must do more to appeal to win employees from the TikTok generation. These typically...

23 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Affordability is key to lettings going forward says agency chief

A lettings agency chief says the rental market continues to be red hot but with affordability beginning to play a part...

16 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Guide for agents on how to spot fraudster tenant applicants

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

12 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Fighting Back - short lets and holiday homes do NOT hit affordability

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

18 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Referencing to suit your needs, from FCC Paragon

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

22 June 2022

From: Sponsored Content

Apprentice reveals why she loves working at agency letting team

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

14 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Working From Home - is it the right choice for letting agents?

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...

25 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Agency wins race to manage high profile Build To Rent scheme

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

23 May 2022

From: Breaking News

MP says Airbnb glut contributing to “devastation” of city

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

16 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Rental groups should unite and not argue, says industry figure

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...

12 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Property land company set to become major Build To Rent player

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

11 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Staff retention advice to be shared by leading agent at webinar

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...

20 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Covid fall-out sees demand move outside cities in the long term

Remote work could enable over 13m Britons to ultimately live and work outside the major cities, according to research by a...

19 April 2022

From: Breaking News

 Going Up! Five year rental forecast makes happy reading…

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

13 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Tax on homes to let is ‘hard to implement, not cost effective’

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

11 April 2022

From: Breaking News

10-fold rise in tenancy fraud triggers new guarantor service

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...

06 April 2022

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket extends free tenant referencing for some agents

OnTheMarket’s deal with a PropTech firm to provide free tenant referencing has been extended indefinitely for agents who pay the portal...

04 March 2022

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket reveals it’s put £350,000 into lettings PropTech firm

A commercial partnership between tenant referencing platform Canopy and property website OnTheMarket has involved an investment of some £350,000. The figure has...

01 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Agents Alert - radical rental reforms shift power to tenants

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

02 February 2022

From: Breaking News

Rents to rise yet again in 2022 forecasts Zoopla

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

17 November 2021

From: Breaking News

Right to Rent and Referencing

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

15 September 2021

From: Sponsored Content

Some rents soar 25% in a year says leading lettings agent

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

08 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Fraud alarm raised for agents over sophisticated fake documents

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

27 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Regional cities surviving Covid and Brexit best, says investment firm

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

25 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Shock warning of “dark cloud over lettings market” - leading analyst

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

16 August 2021

From: Breaking News

Goodlord now selling injury and illness insurance to tenants

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

15 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Private sector could benefit from letting to social tenants - claim

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

15 June 2021

From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket to provide agents with free tenancy referencing

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

24 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Striking Goodlord staff leave after ‘fire and rehire’ dispute

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

20 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Fraud Frenzy: One in 20 tenancy applications may be fake

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

19 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents warned about cash crisis amongst renters under 40

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

20 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Exploded! Five myths about apprentices in the lettings sector

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

05 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents’ anger that Budget didn’t offer cash help for rental sector

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

04 March 2021

From: Breaking News

Buy to let expert amongst agency’s latest franchise recruits

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

25 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Union protests outside agencies as Goodlord dispute escalates

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

18 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Tenant referencing strike threatens to disrupt agencies

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

12 February 2021

From: Breaking News

Labour in Commons onslaught about Coronavirus evictions 

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...

15 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Agents told to prepare for new off-payroll working rules

ARLA Propertymark is advising agents to get up to speed on new rules - and possible higher costs - when changes...

14 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Build To Rent operator claims 6,000 new homes are underway

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

08 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Think tank wants government help for households hit by pandemic

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

17 November 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents – here are five simple tips for job searching

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

29 October 2020

From: Recruitment & Business Matters

Time-waster applicants turfed out by new PropTech tool

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...

27 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Risk of massive rise in evictions warns housing body

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

07 October 2020

From: Breaking News

New referencing product shifts emphasis and cost to tenant

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

03 September 2020

From: Breaking News

“Devastating” - fears for industry after government U-turn

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

24 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Widespread evictions when ban ends? Don’t you believe it…

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

10 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Rents under pressure across UK and in London in particular

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

05 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Don’t evict anyone during virus crisis says leading lettings expert

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

04 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Jail threat for BTL investor who falsely claimed benefits

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

03 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Payback time! Letting agents better rewarded than sales agents

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...

17 July 2020

From: Breaking News

Capital Gains Tax review may spell bad news for buy to let

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

15 July 2020

From: Breaking News

40% of agents still not fully open and most have staff on furlough

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...

26 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Rental sector highly vulnerable to younger worker unemployment, stats show

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

29 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Labour’s two-year delay for rent arrears “not enough” say activists

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

12 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Conquering Corona - self-employment webinar, more PropTech offers

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

07 April 2020

From: Breaking News

PropTech platform makes pitch for agents let go by High Street firms

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

03 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Conquering Corona: new webinars, contingency plans, trade groups info

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

19 March 2020

From: Breaking News

2020 and beyond set to be strong for buy to let market

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

02 January 2020

From: Breaking News

PropTech firm to scrap tenant screening costs for agents

A PropTech firm says it is going to eliminate tenant screening costs by 2021 for lettings agents and landlords who use...

22 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Rents up but void periods down, according to new Zoopla survey

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

16 October 2019

From: Breaking News

New ethical letting agency launches with focus on 'people, not fees'

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

08 October 2019

From: Breaking News

Blow to Labour Right To Buy plan - most tenants don’t want to own

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

24 September 2019

From: Breaking News

New attack on buy to let as think tank demands higher CGT

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

11 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Fees ban has led to surge in tenants on the move, says franchise giant

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

30 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Over 50 agents found charging fees - but are they acting illegally?

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

01 July 2019

From: Breaking News

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