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A council claims that a pilot licensing scheme has discovered a very high proportion of rental homes requiring improvement. Plans to extend...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...

Some parts of London have recorded over 50 per cent of sales as second or additional properties. Research by lending firm Octane...

A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

Tenants are being offered what’s called a “fixed price green energy option” ahead of another fuel price hike this autumn. The deal...

Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...

The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...

A high profile former chief executive of Propertymark is discussing agency industry issues in a new podcast. The new service - from...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...

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,...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...

A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims.  The...

Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,103 per calendar month after a 1.1 per cent...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...

Labour’s Sadiq Khan wants an increase in Capital Gains Tax for some buy to let investors. The London Mayor made his response...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

Local and central government is losing out on millions of pounds of council tax income this year because of the business...

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...

A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

RH and RW Clutton has opened a new lettings and sales office in Sussex. Senior director George Back says: “Through our increased presence...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...

Rightmove has justified the switch of one of its highest profile executive’s titles from ‘director of property data’ to ‘director of...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

Industry suppliers are linking up to host a webinar for agents this week outlining the growing risks of tenancy fraud. HomeLet, Let...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

A new market snapshot puts the average rental rise across the UK at a remarkable 18 per cent over the past...

The government has released more details of the powers being given to local authorities to levy additional taxes on second homes.  The...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

Research from price comparison service Comparethemarket suggests that 48 per cent of renters do not have contents insurance. Of those, more than...

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

Leaks from government ahead of this morning’s Queen’s Speech suggest that second homes which are not let out are likely to...

Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

Just over 7,000 households in London have been threatened with homelessness in the past three years alone after being issued with...

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness.  The trade body says...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation.  Nearly one in...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

An agency tomorrow opens a new lettings and sales office in a location about to hear whether it’s won city status...

The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...

A lettings and sales agency is offering eagle eyed residents the chance to win a £2,000 holiday if they spot one...

An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...

The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

Another Belvoir franchise has acquired a local independent lettings agency.  Belvoir already has offices in Corby, Kettering and Coventry and is now...

The head of a retirement rentals brand says the phenomenon of the elderly tenant is on the increase. Jamie Turnbull, business director...

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...

Agents are being urged to prepare for  changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

A new insurance-based service claims to allow tenants to avoid paying deposits upfront when they rent. Husmus assesses and rates tenants and...

A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties.  Gatwick and...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

A new analysis of prospective first time buyers suggests that the cost of their initial deposit has soared in the past...

New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...

A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...

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

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

Inventories are a key tool to ensuring they, and the properties they let, comply with the law. That’s the claim from industry...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

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

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...

The monthly costs for a first time buyer are some 13 per cent lower than that of a similar renter -...

A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...

A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...

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

Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification.  The OTS has published an...

An eye-watering annualised rent rise in Greater London of 27.3 per cent has helped pushed the all-UK total yearly hike to...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...

The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

Airbnb says it’s been overwhelmed by the support for its initiatives to help Ukraine. As of Tuesday this week there had been...

An anti-money laundering service has linked with a lettings software specialist. The alliance between FCS Compliance and  Rent4sure will provide Rent4sure clients...

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...

One of the country’s major regional newspapers has launched a campaign for the urgent introduction of rent controls. The Bristol Evening Post,...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

A south of England agency has acquired a further two independents, taking the brands total number of acquisitions up to seven...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

A player in the rental insurance field is warning that the growing cost of living crisis makes it more important than...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...

There’s been yet another deadline change for the revised Right To Rent rules. Temporary checks introduced at the height of the pandemic...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...

An independent agency in the Midlands has set up a club attracting investors from as far as Hong Kong, Dubai and...

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...

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...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction.  And it warns that more renters are...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...

The latest lettings market snapshot from HomeLet suggests another record average UK monthly rent level of £1,064 pcm - up a...

A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

Prospecting tool Spectre has announced an integration with AgencyCloud from Reapit to personalise direct mail letters. Instead of beginning prospecting letters with...

A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...

Franchise giant Belvoir has named a former chief executive of a major housebuilder as a non-executive director, to help with the...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...

HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...

Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

A prominent provider in the Build To Rent sector is to offer over 1,300 new rental homes over three sites in...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England.  - Isolation...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

Capital appreciation over the past decade has been driven more by the value of homes in the rental market than by...

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...

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...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

Chancellors Estate Agents is opening its 57th branch early in the New Yesr. The office is in central Basingstoke and will offer...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

The Home Office has issued yet another iteration of its guidance for agents on how to conduct Right To Rent checks. The...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

Bristol council has approved plans to introduce licensing in more parts of the city. Additional Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes will be...

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

Propertymark is telling its letting agent members that they have a role in helping solve the Afghan refugee crisis. It says some...

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...

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...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...