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Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

The government - which over the weekend made a surprise move to try to stop landlords banning tenants from keeping pets...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...

Almost 40 per cent of battery-powered smoke alarms failed to activate in residential fires in England in the past year –...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

Agency Express, the board company that monitors the lettings market through demand for its To Let and Let By boards, warns...

A pressure group that has spoken out against letting agents and landlords is urging private tenants to take part in a...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

An agency in the north of England is continuing its strategy of acquisitions in a bid to offset the effects of...

There is increasing evidence of the so-called unintended consequences of the tenant fee ban according to a major regional lettings agency. Linley &...

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...

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

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says there has been a record number of rent increases reported by its members. In a...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

There’s been a sceptical response to news leaked from government over the weekend suggesting that a database of rogue landlords would...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

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

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market.  So far this year...

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last...

A lettings agent and investment adviser says there is a positive interpretation of the fees ban introduced this month in England. Abi...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...

The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...

The Tenant Fees Act coming into effect tomorrow and banning fees on tenants in England has been given a ringing endorsement...

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been put on the spot by the person many consider to be the country’s most...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing that for the first time the value of awards...

It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

New data from specialist mortgage firm Commercial Trust suggests that London’s buy to let sector turned a corner in the first...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  My name is Daniel and I’m a director at...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

A trade union says the government’s intention to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is “a huge victory” - but...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors could earn in excess of double the eight per cent yield most aim...

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

Figures given through a Parliamentary answer have revealed just how bad councils in England are at policing and enforcement action against...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc) (Wales) Bill passed its final hurdle in the Welsh Assembly yesterday evening. This has similar policies to...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

A postgraduate’s study of people who live in cars and vans on Bristol’s streets says they make the choice to do...

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

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

Labour says it will introduce new ‘indefinite’ tenancies for private tenants, based on rules currently in place in Germany. It claims German...

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1.  From that date...

Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

A lettings sector trade body has put the blame firmly on government for the scale of poverty amongst those who privately...

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

The London-focussed lettings agency Portico is expanding its short-lets service Portico Host into Manchester and Liverpool - but it isn’t spending...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

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

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart.  The company’s latest...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

The average rent in the UK is now £928 per calendar month, up by 2.1 per cent on the same time...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...

New data from Countrywide’s luxury brand agency Hamptons International says the average price of a home bought by a landlord in...

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

New figures out show that buy to let mortgage rates are showing the effects of last month’s base rate rise. Online mortgage...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

LetsBid, a digital online auction service for lettings and sales, has extended its pre-screening service for agents with a new agreement...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

A trade body says the country faces a net loss of 133,000 homes for private rent over the next year -...

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has unveiled a new specialist training course for letting agents. The NALS Level 3 Award in Letting...

The government should scrap the tax on new homes which is punishing those in need of a home to rent, the...

The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...

Another Build To Rent scheme has been unveiled, this time in Berkshire. Crest Nicolson and M&G Real Estate have joined forces to...

The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body.  The Residential...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over changes to buy to let lending, according to a trade body. The National...

The lettings market is looking distinctly healthier now than a month ago according to data just released by board company Agency...

A trade body says it has evidence that families take up the least amount of property management time when compared to...

Outsourcing has long been an effective strategy in business. It enables you to provide a new, improved or more streamlined service...

Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

The GMB trades union has waded in to the debate over whether rents in the private rental sector in London are...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...

A lettings agency that started life as an idea between two friends 15 years ago is now celebrating managing over £100m...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

Reeds Rains has snapped up one of north west England’s better known independent lettings agencies, Nurture.  Nurture is owned by James Coubrough...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

New guidance over Right To Rent, issued by the government in what appears to be a panic response to the Windrush...

Rules introduced last autumn by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority are hurting the buy to let mortgage market according...

A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...

The price of some buy to let mortgages looks set to rise across the board following the decisions of two of...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has revealed where voids are at their worst in the rental sector - and where...

Some 43 per cent of all stamp duty comes from buy to let investors and holiday home purchasers - and almost...

The number of buy to let investors in the UK has hit a record high of 2.5m in the latest tax...

The average UK rent outside London is now £761, with London’s average being £1,879 - meaning tenants across the country now...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...

The Bank of England has issued gloomy figures on buy to let lending, suggesting the clampdown on mortgage interest tax relief...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Rents in the UK grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...

A housing charity has called for the government to build more affordable social homes for rent to help families 'trapped' in...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

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

Belvoir has told its shareholders that it aims to acquire agencies that exit the lettings sector when the ban on fees...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

The National Landlords’ Association is reporting that around 16 per cent of its members in outer London have reduced rents over...

Specialist buy to let lender Commercial Trust claims at least two other regions of the UK are now vying with London...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...

The Private Members’ Bill that has won government backing - and which would give tenants the right to sue landlords over...

Rental growth across Great Britain picked up in 2017 according to data released today by Countrywide.   Last year rents rose by an...