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Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil.  Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

An MP who says no one should have to give up their pet to live in a rental property insists that...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

Movinghub, the platform that showcases a range of home moving services, is now available on the Reapit Marketplace app. This new Marketplace...

The new head of the Association of Residential Letting Agents admits that the organisation - within its parent body Propertymark - has “had...

Rightmove says there’s been a big rise in the number of prospective tenants contacting letting agents via its website. The portal says...

A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year.  The heiress, who...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired independent firm NW Estates in Warrington, for an undisclosed sum. Ascend says the acquisition - which includes the...

A new agency is opening in the Home Counties and claims to offer vendors and landlords “a fresh, modern and energetic...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

Lettings agents are being told by an online platform to be extra-vigilant as increasing numbers of student tenants are getting pets. The...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year.  They’re to be held via...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

The latest shock resignation from Propertymark leaves the lettings agency sector rudderless - although enthusiasm for the organisation has arguably never...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

Essex Police Force has tweeted a pair of photographs that go to prove agents should check a property before going on a...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

The Law Society of England and Wales has come out in favour of the latest ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  The extension to...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

A tenant referencing service and lettings insurance provider is linking with an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy. HomeLet and Let Alliance, part of...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

A search agent says virtual viewings for prospective tenants or purchasers are useful - but less sophisticated ones reveal more than...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

It’s now the annual National Apprenticeship Week and Leaders Romans Group has outlined how it’s opening up opportunities to newcomers to...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair says it’s set to make big announcements soon - and in the meantime it’s attracted a key...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

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...

The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony.  Traditionally...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

A senior buying agent is warning that new regulations over the length of notice given to tenants is having an unexpected...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, Tim Balcon, says he’s putting mental health and wellbeing within the property sector high on...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

Two friends and former work colleagues have become the new owners of the agency at which they previously worked, Lovelle Grimsby...

Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  In a...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...

A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

Industry supplier The Lettings Hub has launched what it calls a free to use pre-tenancy management platform for agents. Called BOX it...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

An online lettings agency that claims to have analysed the costs of “a selection” of 12 High Street agencies has accused...

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...

The new chief executive of Propertymark says being a member of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is a sign of...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

The lettings sector has softened over the past year as the demand for urban living with shorter commutes has been replaced...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...

A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

ARLA Propertymark is advising agents to get up to speed on new rules - and possible higher costs - when changes...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

A leading market commentator and PropTech chief says the extension of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban was predictable, but presents agents with...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

Franchise giant Belvoir has issued a statement to shareholders emphasising the success of its financial services wing. The Belvoir Group established its...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has...

The annual ARLA Propertymark conference and exhibition, which wasn’t held at all last year because of Coronavirus, has been pushed back...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The ban on private rental evictions in Scotland has been formally extended by two months, with a high expectation that a...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...

It is “extremely likely” there will be an extension to the current ban on bailiffs conducting evictions even after court orders...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

Only 0.3 per cent of all tenancies in England and Wales ended with a dispute over the deposit in the six...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...

The government has told letting agents in Tier 4 areas that their first priority must be the safety of their tenants. The...

A lettings agent has spoken out at a local council landlord licensing scheme, suggesting it might just be nothing more than...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

A lettings agency has called in the police after a protest involving anti-agent activists demanding compensation for past tenants. The Eastern Daily...

Belvoir’s agency in Grantham is making a fantastic gesture by donating crates of produce to the local Foodbank. Over 100 kilos of...

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...

A London agency says it’s doubled its rental deals over an eight week period, helped by adopting a virtual tours app. Paramount,...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...

The government has issued a new How To Rent Guide - the critical document that both letting agents and landlords have...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

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....

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of agents who are members of The Property Ombudsman scheme pay compensation when an investigation is...

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...

There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

The charity Citizens Advice - which claims a “unique, real-time insight into the challenges people are facing as a result of Coronavirus"...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

A survey claims millions of renter households have concerns about their ability to pay landlords this winter - and the charity...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...

Agents on Rightmove can now start using the portal’s new appointment booking tool, Viewings Manager, which has just completed its test...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...

Wakefield Trinity rugby league club has announced that local lettings agency Cooper & Cutt has renewed its sponsorship with the club,...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...

The group human resources director of the Leaders Romans Group wants the agency industry to improve its reputation by embracing more...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...