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PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

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

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs.  A...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...

A company is marketing an app which monitors social distancing; it says this could be applicable in agents’ offices. Called iTWOsafe is...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

An agency has rebranded following a ‘de-merger’ with a rival firm. Earlier this week we reported that Chichester husband-and-wife agency Hancock and...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

A husband and wife lettings and estate agency in Chichester is re-launching as its own operation, separately from the firm it...

Inventory BaseAcademy has released new online training to address safeguarding issues that may face the lettings industry. Property professionals, especially managers and...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

Rental app service Movebubble has launched its Home Walkthrough feature which it says it the first of its kind in the...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Grainger, one of the biggest forces in the UK’s Build To Rent sector, says it has proved the resilience of the...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities.  Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

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

Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...

The Deposit Protection Scheme is warning of a possible online scam affecting agents, landlords and tenants A statement on the DPS website...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

London-focussed agency Chestertons has become the latest business to use the teclet platform to manage tenancy, renewal and management processes. Around 40...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

There was just a two per cent rise in late rental payments over the last month according to figures from an...

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

A real estate litigation partner at a leading law firm is warning that the Coronavirus crisis could lead to an 18...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...

The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

Working from home is all about juggling domestic life with professional activities, and here’s a terrific video to show what it’s...

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so...

Here are two sets of advice from the good folk at Aston Mead Land & Planning - some more appropriate than...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

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

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

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

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

A lender is now offering what it calls ‘instant decisions-in-principle’ for buy to let purchasers still buying property at the moment. Landbay...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

What appears to be the first court adjournment of an eviction case caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has happened - raising...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

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

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

PropTech platform teclet is offering letting agents that list with OnTheMarket a three month trial offer of a digital inventory service. One...

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

A shocking case of a buy to let HMO that did not even have a working smoke detector has led to...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act came into force across the country on the 20th March 2019. The act is designed...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...