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The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...

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

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

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

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

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

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

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

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

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

David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...

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 Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

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

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

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...

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

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

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

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

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 PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

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

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...

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

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...

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

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

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

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

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

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

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

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

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...

A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...

The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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

Propertymark has stepped up its call for a dedicated Housing Tribunal to improve mediation and enhanced dispute resolution. The trade body also...

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

Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...

Activists in the Acorn campaign group are lobbying a council in a bid to - in its words - “ban slum...

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

Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...

Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...

Owners of some rental properties, and agents acting on their behalf, can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost...

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

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

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...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

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 local authority is launching an investigation into what housing options there are for younger people within its patch, and whether...

The Labour Mayor of Bristol has spoken out about the threat to the mainstream rental sector posed by the proliferation of...

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

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

Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of HMOs in five wards where there are high numbers...

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...

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

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...

A 68-page academic report urges governments not to adopt hard controls that simply freeze rents - even though it acknowledges that...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has accused governments across the UK of using Covid 19 rule changes to slip in...

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

The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...

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

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

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

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 service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes.  Despite the falls...

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

The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...

Housing ministers come and go with brutal frequency in UK governments of all colours, so yesterday’s departure of Chris Pincher -...

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...

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part 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 Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...

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...

Propertymark has entered the debate about whether buy to let landlords should be amongst those receiving help from the government in...

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

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

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

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

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

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...

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

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 Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

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

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...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

Buy To Let lending is set to fall back this year, after a hectic 2021. That’s the forecast from the Intermediary Mortgage...

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...

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...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

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

A leading agency handling international investors and buyers says Russians will displace the Chinese as the main purchasers of buy to...

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 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...

Self-managing landlords who think they don’t have the same compliance obligations as agents could face serious repercussions, Trading Standards chiefs have...

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

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

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

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

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...

Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...

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

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

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

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

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...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

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...

The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

A senior Labour politician in the capital claims that there’s been “a stark rise” in people losing their homes since the...

A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...

A community interest company is setting up a rival platform to Airbnb, with the aim of using the commission to benefit...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

New figures show how effective the stamp duty holiday was in stimulating buy to let - and how similar measures could...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

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...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...

Consultation begins today on a selective licensing scheme for privately rented housing in 25 wards of Birmingham. Under the suggested scheme, all...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

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,...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. “We welcome today’s...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

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

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...

A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...

A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales.  Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...

Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

A lettings agency is using its latest podcast to explore the retail-to-resi trend in the housing market. Winkworth’s podcast under The Property...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...

Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...

A politician is stepping up his bid to ban buy to let purchasers acquiring any units at a 150-home scheme. ITV News...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...

A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...

ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...