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Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...

Research experts at high-end agency Savills say a total of £5.3 billion is expected to be invested in the student accommodation...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell sharply in March, to the lowest level since the start...

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...

Rents in the private sector have been falling in real terms according to an independent study just published.   The research, commissioned by...

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...

The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...

Harrow council is consulting agents, landlords and residents on a proposal to renew its licensing regime applying to selected Houses in...

A Build To Let scheme led by developer Dandara and property investment operator LaSalle is to be the first of its...

Wednesday’s budget proved a grim viewing for those who have worked in the rental sector for some time and watched the...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...