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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...

Another online lettings agency launches in March with a claim that it “will streamline and automate the majority of admin tasks...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...

Letting agents have been accused of failing to carry out sufficient financial checks on prospective tenants.    Tenant referencing and insurance operator Landlord...

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

A growing sales and lettings agency in Leeds has announced the recruitment of nine new members of staff. Morgans, which describes itself...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

A new report suggests that institutional investment in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector could see the creation of 240,000 new...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...

Following a period of substantial growth, Property Service Holdings (PSH) - which operates Leaders and Romans - has a huge variety of...

A consumer group dedicated to reducing tax says recent fiscal changes introduced by the government will end up hurting private rental...

A London buying agent is forecasting that the Brexit vote will mean there will be “more and more would-be-buyers opting to rent”...

Cambridge-based agency Bidwells is expanding its lettings division.  The lettings team has grown from eight to 10 professionals thanks to the recent...

There were 3,100 fewer private rental households in serious rent arrears in the first quarter of this year compared to the...

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...

The influencial cross-party Commons Treasury Committee says the whole economy could suffer is George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental...

Rents climbed 0.7 per cent in October to a UK average of £1,294. There were increases in every region with the...

Stephen Moss, CEO of based Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’...

Countrywide has announced plans to recruit over 200 apprentices in the next year, working on a training programme drawn up with...

When Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, recently announced that interest rates would have to start to rise sooner...

A Build To Let scheme led by developer Dandara and property investment operator LaSalle is to be the first of its...

This publication recently reported on Russell Quirk's latest attempt to upset the establishment, this time by attacking the hallowed ground of...

Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...

A new survey suggests 40 per cent of landlords derive their main source of income from letting property. The study of 500...