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It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

The Citizens Advice charity claims that new figures suggest concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home.  It...

A growing residential estate management company has committed its future to office-working after moving to a new boutique space in Birmingham. Principle...

West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least.  Research by rental platform Spotahome has...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

A prominent PropTech company has given its 134 staff the right to work anywhere they wish on a permanent basis -...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

The new director of campaign group Generation Rent says the government has caused “untold mental stress” to thousands of tenants. Commenting on...

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A Derbyshire estate agent has escaped a driving ban after being found smoking cannabis in a car. Annabelle Lamb was spotted with...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has launched a special offer deal with new property portal Homesearch.  Agents who sign up to the flatfair...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...

The average rent in the UK has risen 1.5 per cent in just a month, but it is still a fraction...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...

The Citizens Advice charity is warning it has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears.  And it says many...

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

One of the north of England’s largest independent agencies has made another acquisition - taking its property portfolio to 10,000 units.  Linley &...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

A family-run property management and lettings business has opened its new office - five years after the same family’s previous business...

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes...

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...

A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...

Labour has thrown its weight behind campaigning pressure groups in a general call to avoid what the party’s housing spokeswoman calls...

Proptech platform Residently claims its technology is now “free to the property sector.” The platform currently offers a contactless rental process which...

The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

Harrow council in north London has launched a formal consultation on its plan to renew its landlord licensing scheme in the...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months.  It will be...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs.  A...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

An agency has rebranded following a ‘de-merger’ with a rival firm. Earlier this week we reported that Chichester husband-and-wife agency Hancock and...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

Rental app service Movebubble has launched its Home Walkthrough feature which it says it the first of its kind in the...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

Zoopla is promoting 12 lesson plans for agents and other property professionals who are teaching their children at home during the...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...

Birmingham agent Bobby Singh, who runs the Love Your Postcode agency, epitomises the heart of the industry right now.  He has created...

A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

Working from home is all about juggling domestic life with professional activities, and here’s a terrific video to show what it’s...

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so...

Here are two sets of advice from the good folk at Aston Mead Land & Planning - some more appropriate than...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

An estate agency has enterprisingly labelled all of its property listings with the mantra we must all respect - Stay At...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...

The Citizens Advice charity is the latest organisation to call for more help for private tenants following what appears to be...

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

The government’s announcement that no new eviction proceedings from either social or private rented accommodation can start for at least three...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

Franchise giant Winkworth has expanded its presence in Reading with the acquisition of a local independent lettings agency. It’s snapped up AMPM,...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...