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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...

A lettings agent who wants tenants to take out policies to fund complaints against agencies and landlords has branded the social...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

The Labour-run Haringey council in London says some housing conditions in the private rental sector lead to anti-social behaviour. Letting Agent Today...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

Cornish MPs have spoken up in the House of Commons to highlight what they claim is the danger of having too...

A politician in one of the poorest parts of the UK wants his local authority to declare a ‘housing emergency’. Cornish councillor...

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

A 133-unit co-living rental scheme is to be built in the Devon city of Exeter. The scheme will place an emphasis on community living...

Propertymark has produced new guidance for letting agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid restrictions. It says:...

A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand claims there’s been a rise in the number of universities enquiring about white label deals, as...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents' wing of Propertymark says the recent expulsion of three agents from The Property Ombudsman demonstrates the...

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

Housing charity Crisis says government statistics show almost one in five private renters in England in arrears or likely to fall...

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

Rent controls are being discussed again as candidates prepare for May's local elections. In London Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry -...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...

The government has revised its official guidance for the private rental sector and local authorities in the light of imminently-changing Coronavirus advice. The...

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...

New modular homes built to rent have been delivered to Northstowe, a new town in Cambridgeshire.  Each Town House home has been...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic. Thangam Debbonaire made...

ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...

Shelter has launched a fund-raising campaign because of what it calls a huge rise in demand for its emergency services, and in anticipation of what...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

The campaigning charity Shelter claims 14 per cent of adults in England - that’s six million people - are more worried...

The Law Society says it’s concerned about how the government will taper the end of the eviction ban, now extended until...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.”  Chief...

Letting agents and landlords in a major city have been requested to see if there is a ‘spare’ four bedroom property that...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in a landmark legal ruling. Julie Stoddern, of Camborne,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...

An MP who says no one should have to give up their pet to live in a rental property insists that...

A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

It’s now the annual National Apprenticeship Week and Leaders Romans Group has outlined how it’s opening up opportunities to newcomers to...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

The lettings sector has softened over the past year as the demand for urban living with shorter commutes has been replaced...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

Only 0.3 per cent of all tenancies in England and Wales ended with a dispute over the deposit in the six...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Chris Hope, senior partner at Dawsons and Fine & Country agencies, will be one of the main speakers at a prestigious...

Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...

The government has issued a new How To Rent Guide - the critical document that both letting agents and landlords have...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

There’s widespread concern that a freeze on the Local Housing Allowance will worsen rental arrears. Although Chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to mention...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...

The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

The group human resources director of the Leaders Romans Group wants the agency industry to improve its reputation by embracing more...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

The main trade body representing lettings agents has described the government’s latest eviction ban as “a further blow” for the sector. At...

Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...

Propertymark is staging a webinar later this month on the topical subject of referral fees. Last month the National Trading Standards for...

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

The Right to Rent scheme’s revised code of practice coming into effect next month does nothing to stop agents and landlords...

It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...

The investment arm of the Big Issue street newspaper is putting £3m into a new form of lettings agency.  Homes for Good was...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

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

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

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

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

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

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

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

The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...

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

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

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

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

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

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

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

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

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

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

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

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...

Two landlords have been served with civil penalty notices for operating unlicensed HMOs.  The notices were from Wellingborough council; one was for...

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

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

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...

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

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

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

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

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

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...

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

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

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...