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Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

Police were called to a protect outside a lettings firm in Oxfordshire after a crowd picketed the office over a dispute...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

A new Lancashire estate agency, Jusa Homes, has opened new premises thanks to a £10,000 local council grant.  Julie Hardy and Sarah...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

The Home Staging Association has launched a course for agents on how to dress and prepare properties for maximum effect when...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

Propertymark has produced new guidance for letting agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid restrictions. It says:...

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

A referencing service provider has launched a portal designed to improve commission-based revenue streams for letting agents.  Vouch says its Home Move...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

The Home Office has told agents and landlords that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

London lettings agency Kalmar is thought to be the first to use the increasingly-fashionable social media platform TikTok to let and...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...

The latest HomeLet market index shows that the average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £996...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

A lettings agency director has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order for unlawfully evicting a tenant back in 2019. CFDP Ltd, trading as...

Yorkshire’s Verity Frearson lettings and sales company has unveiled a new fleet of electric vehicles, and says it is the first agency...

Affordable homes provider Auxesia Homes has appointed residential management firm Touchstone to handle its entire mixed tenure portfolio.  Auxesia offers affordable shared...

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...

The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...

Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

A Manchester-based lettings agency has won a long-term deal with one of the UK’s most prominent Build To Rent operators.  Ascend Properties...

A block management company owned by the Leaders Romans Group has been awarded over £6.5m in government building safety funds to...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...

The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...

The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

Letting agents have been accused of creating confusion amongst renters when it comes to smart meters. A company promoting smart meters claims...

The government’s embarrassing axing of the Green Homes Grant means there must now be a replacement to help the private rental...

The initiative which the government hoped would transform energy efficiency in the private rental sector is being axed this week. The Green...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...

ARLA Propertymark is asking agent members to ensure the safety of lone workers in branches and on viewings. A statement from the association...

The government has revised its official guidance for the private rental sector and local authorities in the light of imminently-changing Coronavirus advice. The...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Hi, I’m Kersteen McConnell and I am a Business Development...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

A London council has embarked on consultation over two new private rental licensing schemes - and says they are needed as...

New modular homes built to rent have been delivered to Northstowe, a new town in Cambridgeshire.  Each Town House home has been...

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic. Thangam Debbonaire made...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Britain’s largest supplier of purpose-built student accommodation, Unite, says students are bored with Zoom and will return en masse to their rental...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...

Shelter has launched a fund-raising campaign because of what it calls a huge rise in demand for its emergency services, and in anticipation of what...

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...

The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...

Marketing platform TheHouseShop says letting agents can secure over £300 per property listed as it is “redefining the relationship between agents...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

The campaigning charity Shelter claims 14 per cent of adults in England - that’s six million people - are more worried...

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

The week begins with news of another agency acquiring an independent. This time it’s Alexander & Co, a Bedfordshire firm, which has...

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...

The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...

The Law Society says it’s concerned about how the government will taper the end of the eviction ban, now extended until...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.”  Chief...

Letting agents and landlords in a major city have been requested to see if there is a ‘spare’ four bedroom property that...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

Local media in the Homes Counties report that two arrests were made after police were called by a lettings agency where...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

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

The UK’s average rent is now £984, showing a three per cent increase on last year according to HomeLet. But there’s a...

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

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...

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

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...

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...

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

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...

The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons.  Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

London lettings network Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed to manage and let a huge new portfolio of around 3,000...

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

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

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,...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

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

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,...

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

London’s mass transit service, Transport for London, has won consent for 853 homes at a huge scheme in the west of the...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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 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...

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...

Movinghub UK has announced its latest integration with Reapit. Movinghub allows agents to assist tenants and other home movers to organise services...

Build To Rent giant Grainger has purchased the rights to a 231-home development in Bristol for around £63m. In a statement to...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...

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...

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

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...

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

Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

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...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

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...

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...

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

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...

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