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Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

The latest rental index from Goodlord shows average rents in England rose nearly nine per cent higher across 2023. In 2022, rents...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

Latest market data from LSL Property Services - which includes the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - shows a 10...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

OnTheMarket says the frantic lettings market of the past year or more is bad news for agents. In a trading statement to...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there’s been a dramatic 54 per cent slump in sales this year.  Research from Barrows...

Canary Wharf was once seen as the future of London - now it’s the location that’s seen the greatest loss in...

Propertymark has revealed its latest top table of elected and unelected spokespeople forming its new leadership team. The new chair of the...

Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

LSL’s transition from being a largely owned agency network to individual franchises is effectively complete. The company - which owns the Your...

LSL Property Services - owner of the Reeds Rains and Your Move brands - says it’s movement of agency branches to...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

Prime London’s housing market lacks its usual seasonal spring bounce with prices flat and transactions down, admits property data consultancy LonRes. And...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing online service operated by TV property guru Phil Spencer, is linking with the Build To Rent trade...

Revenue from property taxes in Scotland has dropped significantly so far this year, according to a prominent lettings agency.  DJ Alexander Ltd...

A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Propertymark is speaking out about problems with some conversions of commercial property into residential.The warning comes in the trade body’s response...

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...