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PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

A group of rental activists claims that police in England are disproportionately using a 19th century law that criminalises rough sleeping...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...

Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

A move to stop HMOs being used as Airbnb or other short lets has been put forward in the westcountry -...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...

It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims.  This...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by tenant activists and the London Mayor on developing rule changes for evictions. The changes include a presumption against...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...