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01 July 2022
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Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
01 July 2022
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Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...
01 July 2022
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Some parts of London have recorded over 50 per cent of sales as second or additional properties. Research by lending firm Octane...
01 July 2022
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A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...
30 June 2022
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Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...
29 June 2022
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Tenants are being offered what’s called a “fixed price green energy option” ahead of another fuel price hike this autumn. The deal...
29 June 2022
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Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...
28 June 2022
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The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...
28 June 2022
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A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...
28 June 2022
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One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 2022
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Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
27 June 2022
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An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...
24 June 2022
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A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...
23 June 2022
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A high profile former chief executive of Propertymark is discussing agency industry issues in a new podcast. The new service - from...
23 June 2022
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A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
23 June 2022
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The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...
23 June 2022
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A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...
22 June 2022
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The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...
21 June 2022
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The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
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New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...
20 June 2022
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A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...
20 June 2022
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Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
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Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
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The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...
16 June 2022
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A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
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A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...
16 June 2022
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What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...
15 June 2022
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The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...
15 June 2022
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A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...
15 June 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...
15 June 2022
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The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
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A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...
14 June 2022
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A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...
14 June 2022
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More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims. The...
13 June 2022
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Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...
13 June 2022
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The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...
10 June 2022
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A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
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A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...
09 June 2022
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Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...
08 June 2022
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A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents. Agents from businesses...
08 June 2022
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The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...
08 June 2022
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The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...
07 June 2022
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Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...
01 June 2022
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Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...
01 June 2022
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Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...
31 May 2022
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Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...
30 May 2022
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Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...
30 May 2022
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A new software integration has produced what its creators claim will be the first data-driven lettings CRM. Agents that use both Street.co.uk...
30 May 2022
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A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...
27 May 2022
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A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency. Linley & Simpson has added another...
27 May 2022
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RH and RW Clutton has opened a new lettings and sales office in Sussex. Senior director George Back says: “Through our increased presence...
27 May 2022
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Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
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Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...
26 May 2022
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The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...
25 May 2022
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Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
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Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...
25 May 2022
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Rightmove has justified the switch of one of its highest profile executive’s titles from ‘director of property data’ to ‘director of...
24 May 2022
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Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
23 May 2022
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Industry suppliers are linking up to host a webinar for agents this week outlining the growing risks of tenancy fraud. HomeLet, Let...
23 May 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
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Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...
19 May 2022
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A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
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A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...
18 May 2022
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A new market snapshot puts the average rental rise across the UK at a remarkable 18 per cent over the past...
16 May 2022
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The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes. The...
16 May 2022
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London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital. That’s the suggestion...
16 May 2022
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The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
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The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...
13 May 2022
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The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...
12 May 2022
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The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...
12 May 2022
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Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...
11 May 2022
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Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
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Research from price comparison service Comparethemarket suggests that 48 per cent of renters do not have contents insurance. Of those, more than...
11 May 2022
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One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...
11 May 2022
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The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...
10 May 2022
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Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...
10 May 2022
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Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...
10 May 2022
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Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...
10 May 2022
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Just over 7,000 households in London have been threatened with homelessness in the past three years alone after being issued with...
10 May 2022
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A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...
09 May 2022
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Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...
09 May 2022
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One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...
09 May 2022
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Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...
09 May 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
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Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
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The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...
05 May 2022
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An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...
04 May 2022
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Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...
03 May 2022
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Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness. The trade body says...
03 May 2022
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Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation. Nearly one in...
29 April 2022
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
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All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...
28 April 2022
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The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...
27 April 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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An agency tomorrow opens a new lettings and sales office in a location about to hear whether it’s won city status...
27 April 2022
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The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...
27 April 2022
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Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...
26 April 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...
26 April 2022
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A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...
26 April 2022
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An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...
25 April 2022
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Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...
25 April 2022
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One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...
22 April 2022
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The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 2022
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The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...
20 April 2022
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Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency. Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...
20 April 2022
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The head of a retirement rentals brand says the phenomenon of the elderly tenant is on the increase. Jamie Turnbull, business director...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents are being urged to prepare for changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new insurance-based service claims to allow tenants to avoid paying deposits upfront when they rent. Husmus assesses and rates tenants and...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties. Gatwick and...
13 April 2022
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Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...
11 April 2022
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A new analysis of prospective first time buyers suggests that the cost of their initial deposit has soared in the past...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Inventories are a key tool to ensuring they, and the properties they let, comply with the law. That’s the claim from industry...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned. Sarah...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...
30 March 2022
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A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent operator Avanton has pledged to build hundreds of new homes in two London hotspots under its A:Living brand. They...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...
23 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...
21 March 2022
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A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

ITV’s Tonight current affairs programme will this evening look at evictions in the private rental sector. The episode - Losing Your Home:...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification. The OTS has published an...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...
14 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Airbnb says it’s been overwhelmed by the support for its initiatives to help Ukraine. As of Tuesday this week there had been...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
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An anti-money laundering service has linked with a lettings software specialist. The alliance between FCS Compliance and Rent4sure will provide Rent4sure clients...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A south of England agency has acquired a further two independents, taking the brands total number of acquisitions up to seven...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...
18 February 2022
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New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
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Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...
16 February 2022
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A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...
15 February 2022
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Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
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Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages. The company has revealed that...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction. And it warns that more renters are...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...
11 February 2022
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Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...
09 February 2022
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A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
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It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...
03 February 2022
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The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...
03 February 2022
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A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...
03 February 2022
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The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...
02 February 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent. Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...
02 February 2022
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The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Prospecting tool Spectre has announced an integration with AgencyCloud from Reapit to personalise direct mail letters. Instead of beginning prospecting letters with...
02 February 2022
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A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...
01 February 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...
01 February 2022
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Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...
28 January 2022
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Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties. The results of a...
26 January 2022
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One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...
24 January 2022
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Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
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Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England. - Isolation...
11 January 2022
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The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances. New guidelines issued by...
10 January 2022
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A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...
10 January 2022
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An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
10 January 2022
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07 January 2022
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MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s largest property companies may be sold in one of Britain’s biggest private equity deals. Sky News reports that Terra Firma...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...
04 January 2022
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Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...
04 January 2022
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A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...
31 December 2021
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A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Chancellors Estate Agents is opening its 57th branch early in the New Yesr. The office is in central Basingstoke and will offer...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Home Office has issued yet another iteration of its guidance for agents on how to conduct Right To Rent checks. The...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Bristol council has approved plans to introduce licensing in more parts of the city. Additional Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes will be...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily. That’s the view...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies. The firms snapped up are family-run...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is telling its letting agent members that they have a role in helping solve the Afghan refugee crisis. It says some...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...
17 December 2021
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The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...
13 December 2021
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A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart says some 600 hopefuls turned up for a series of recruitment days in three parts of the country. Around a third...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms. Earlier this week the government...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons. A home insurance company...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons suggests that rents have risen, nationally, 7.9 per cent over the last 12 months. It...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank. From 2025 new rules...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A local authority has launched a free service seeking to avoid evictions. New Forest council says its new 'Call Before You Serve' programme is a free service providing...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Media reports in Stoke on Trent say a man was arrested after a police raid on the Homes2Let lettings agency in...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...
02 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £1,059, down a modest 0.2 per cent from a month ago. However, the...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Property group Nick Dunning Associates, which includes the brands Townends and Regents, has rebranded to Stirling Ackroyd Group, effective from today. All...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has been prosecuted by Birmingham council for unlawfully evicting a tenant. Principal Homes is based at Great Barr and was...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some 21,000...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...
26 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Consultation begins today on a selective licensing scheme for privately rented housing in 25 wards of Birmingham. Under the suggested scheme, all...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...
23 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...
22 October 2021
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A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions. Bective’s head of...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...
18 October 2021
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...
18 October 2021
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As energy costs continue to rise, agents are being urged to promote the use of smart meters. That’s the view of Safeagent...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Average annual rental growth across Britain hit 8.0 per cent in September, the third fastest annual rate of growth recorded this...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Hamptons, part of Connells, says there’s little sign that the stamp duty holiday led to large numbers of new...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...
07 October 2021
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The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...
07 October 2021
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The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company says virtual tours should now be made to abide by GDPR regulations to increase privacy for landlords and...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent, led by former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has renewed its call for the scrapping of Section 21...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News

An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly. Research by furnishings provider...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...
15 September 2021
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Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...