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The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

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

The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...

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

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

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

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

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

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants.  The charity’s 2019 election manifesto,...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

A leading trade body says the government’s latest injection of funds to help local councils root out rogue operators in the...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...

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

Lettings agents who diversify to offer tenant liability insurance not only broaden their own business but also increase peace of mind...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...

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

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...

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

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today -...

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

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...

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

The growing deposit alternative sector continues to be ultra-competitive with 15-branch agency Kings Lettings signing up to Zero Deposit. Kings Lettings operates...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says...

Northwood franchisees have completed four acquisitions, taking the total this year to eight. As part of the Belvoir Group, Northwood and has...

A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

Labour-run Leeds city council is introducing a licensing scheme which requires landlords to pay up to £825 per property. The deadline for...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...

A landlord has been found guilty of failing to license an HMO - and has ended up with a bill of...

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

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

The typical delay in tenants receiving their returned deposits is “crippling” for many. That’s the view of the Association of Independent Inventory...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

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

The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...

A seaside council has issued over £15,000 in fines to owners of unlicensed HMOs.  Torbay council in south Devon adds that “a...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

Life insurance sold to tenants could provide a valuable additional income stream for agents whose revenue has been hit by the...

Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

Former QPR and Nottingham Forest striker Dexter Blackstock has been fined over £25,000 and branded a rogue landlord after admitting 12 licencing offences. He...

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...

There are just a few days remaining for entrants to the UK PropTech Awards - the submission deadline is Wednesday October 23. The...

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired yet another independent agency - this time it is Essex and Suffolk Lettings. Based in Colchester,...

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...

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

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...

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

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

One of West Sussex’s largest agencies, Michael Jones & Company, has acquired an independent rival as part of a move to...

Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

A PropTech platform that earlier this year was reported to be valued at £2.8m is making an unusual offer to letting...

The race for dominance in the deposit alternative field continues apace. Now franchise giant Hunters has teamed up with flatfair to bring...

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

A lettings agent jailed in March for taking £220,000 from tenants and landlords is now in trouble over her legal representation. Heather...

A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...

The online lettings agency Upad has this weekend published an immediate closure announcement on its website. It reads: “We regret to inform...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

October 31, known as All Hallows' Eve, is now less than three weeks away. While the government continues with its botched Brexit...

1. Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Terry Fisher, Marketing Director at Movebubble 2. What is Movebubble...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

Agent and co-founder of new end of tenancy PropTech solution The Depositary, Kristjan Byfield, has spoken to Letting Agent Today about...

The letting and estate agencies which have provided the most consistent levels of high customer service are to be recognised with...

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...

A landlord has been fined almost £2,500 for breaching an improvement notice issued by Cambridge City Council. Noelle Salameh was fined after...

A Plymouth sales and letting agency has taken a number of measures to help raise awareness of climate change in its...

First, he was trying his hand in lettings, then he devised a 2.5% commission to take on Purplebricks. Now, after nine months...

A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...

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

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

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...

Landlords have urged the authorities not to introduce rent controls in Manchester as they would 'choke off' supply of housing in...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

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

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

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

The government has this week published a learning toolkit for local authorities to help them with enforcement against rogue landlords and...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

An independent letting agency has reported its success in helping two large Build to Rent (BTR) developments to successfully let properties...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act continued its upward curve in August. The...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

Rightmove has at last completed on its acquisition of tenancy referencing firm Van Mildert, first announced two months ago. The deal, reported...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

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

An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

The lettings agency owners behind the Advanced Rent Option, which provides landlords with up to 12 months’ rent in advance, says...

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

A senior Labour politician in Sheffield and the campaign group Acorn have both expressed support for a selective licensing scheme to...

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

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

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

Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, launching in January. The new body comes...

A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...

Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...

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

safeagent’s Rent Smart Wales training course has been given the scheme’s top ‘High Assurance’ rating following its latest audit. Rent Smart Wales,...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

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

Two London agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour two compensation awards. The first is Chase...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

A leading lettings sector trade body says evidence shows the direct payment of benefit to landlords is the biggest possible contribution...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

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

Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

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

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

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

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

Franchise agency group Winkworth claims the lettings fee ban impact has been less severe on its agents than on other companies,...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

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

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

An independent previously known as Adams Estate Agents has rebranded as Hunters as the franchise giant’s expansion programme continues. The office is...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...

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

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...

Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

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

Belvoir says consolidation between lettings and sales agencies across the industry is likely to increase as a result of greater regulation...

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days.  The data,...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents appears to have joined the chorus of criticism against Labour’s controversial right to buy policy...

Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border.  LAS is...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Belvoir Group has this morning announced its interim results for the first six months of this year - and they show...

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...

Labour has this morning pledged to introduce a shock new policy if it wins the next general election - giving private...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals  The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

The two largest landlord trade groups are to merge. The National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association will unite to form...

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

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...

Build To Rent developer Simple Life has launched 28 new BTR family homes in Newhall Harlow, Essex.  Part of a larger development of...

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...

The Trussell Trust, which coordinates the vast majority of the food banks around the UK, is working with the National Landlords...

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

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in July according to data just produced...

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

Landlords’ confidence in the success of their own businesses has plunged in recent months.  Only 29 per cent of landlords have positive expectations...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

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

Universal Credit is causing tenants to fall behind with their rent according to lettings sector trade body the Residential Landlords Association. It...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

One of the suppliers in the fiercely competitive world of deposit alternatives has introduced an ‘unlocking deposits’ option. From today, Zero Deposit...

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released a five point plan on how the public can choose a letting agent. 1....

An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

A long-established agency in Wales says it’s shutting the sales side of its business and going to focus solely on lettings...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

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

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

Telephone answering service Moneypenny says agents’ missed calls typically double during the summer months while staff are on leave - meaning...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

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

What is your business?    Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A London lettings agency that has already acquired an independent has now received what is described as a “six figure” loan...

PropTech supplier Movebubble claims that over 450,000 tenants use its app. Users can schedule viewings, share feedback with agents or landlords or...

The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

The Haart lettings agency says the government’s plan to abolish landlords’ Section 21 eviction powers may not be a bad thing. The...