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Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
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A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...
08 March 2024
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Inspirational broadcaster and author Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel...
15 February 2024
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Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...
24 January 2024
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Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...
23 January 2024
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Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...
04 December 2023
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Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...
22 August 2023
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Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...
24 July 2023
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Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties. The...
21 July 2023
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The auction - often seen as an ideal opportunity for investment buyers - is going through a torrid time in the...
10 July 2023
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Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection. The funding will be...
19 June 2023
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Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...
09 June 2023
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A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
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New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...
18 January 2023
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The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
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Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...
22 December 2022
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Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...
01 December 2022
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A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property. KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...
08 November 2022
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Keller Williams UK, which recently announced the closure of two of its franchise operations, has bounced back with what it calls...
06 October 2022
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A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...
25 August 2022
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An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...
12 August 2022
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The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...
08 August 2022
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Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
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A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...
15 July 2022
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House price growth in prime country and coastal locations is beginning to plateau after two years of runaway growth, with urban...
12 July 2022
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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...
27 May 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
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Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...
03 May 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
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Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...
30 December 2021
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The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
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A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...
09 December 2021
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Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...
12 November 2021
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A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...
20 October 2021
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An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...
17 August 2021
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A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...
19 July 2021
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Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...
21 June 2021
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The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...
01 June 2021
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Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...
24 May 2021
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'Forward in Unity' is a mural painted by Gent48, a renowned Birmingham street artist. It's situated in the centre of Digbeth...
02 April 2021
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ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...
10 March 2021
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01 March 2021
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A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...
12 February 2021
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An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector. Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...
08 February 2021
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You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....
09 December 2020
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Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
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One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...
27 November 2020
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An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...
16 October 2020
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A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...
15 October 2020
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The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...
04 August 2020
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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...
01 June 2020
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Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...
08 May 2020
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One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...
22 April 2020
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An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...
20 April 2020
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The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...
13 April 2020
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The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 April 2020
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Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
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The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...
24 March 2020
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Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...
16 March 2020
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A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...
25 February 2020
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A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...
18 February 2020
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Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...
13 February 2020
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A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...
30 January 2020
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The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...
30 December 2019
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The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...
24 October 2019
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Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...
06 September 2019
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The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...
19 August 2019
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A group of activists has expressed outrage over a council’s private rental licensing scheme, claiming it is too small to catch...
20 June 2019
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One of the most pro-licensing local authorities in the country has extended its own scheme to include the entire centre of...
05 April 2019
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A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...
01 March 2019
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The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...
10 January 2019
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Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...
03 January 2019
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A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...
10 October 2018
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Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...
22 May 2018
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An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...
15 May 2018
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The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...
04 May 2018
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Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...
17 April 2018
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The local media in Bristol are reporting that landlords in the city are complaining that they face backruptcy if a hugely...
27 February 2018
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Two buy to let investors have been fined a total of more than £27,000 under enforcement powers introduced in Burnley to...
16 February 2018
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A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...
01 November 2017
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A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...
26 September 2017
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The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...
13 September 2017
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The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded...
15 June 2017
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A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
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A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...
11 May 2017
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A lettings and sales agency in the West Midlands has merged with its franchise outlet. Lawsons was founded by Sally Lawson in...
04 May 2017
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Fergus Wilson, long-regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let investor and landlord despite recent attempts to sell some of his homes,...
24 March 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...
24 February 2017
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Saturday is traditionally the day many MPs hold their constituency surgeries, listening to grievances and opinions from their electors. Conservative member of...
10 February 2017
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Despite the challenges faced by the buy to let sector, mortgage companies are fighting hard for business - and two and...
10 February 2017
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A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
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Local media in west London report that nine people have been rescued by firefighters after a fire above a letting and...
12 October 2016
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Agents and landlords in one of the country’s most politically-volatile cities are preparing to meet the local council to protest at...
10 October 2016
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The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...
07 October 2016
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The attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords has failed. The case was...
06 October 2016
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The National Landlords Association has come out fighting in response to a weekend report by the National Housing Federation suggesting buy...
23 August 2016
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A landlord is to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next week after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to fire...