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HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

PropTech firm Pikl is launching an insurance-backed cancellation product specifically for holiday lets that will enable operators to offer the same...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

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

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

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

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

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

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

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

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

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

PropTech specialist Vouch has launched a Rent Protection feature, designed to help landlords access cover to mitigate the risk of unpaid rent. The feature...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

Industry supplier HomeLet says rent guarantee insurance is now heavily advised because rents have reached what it calls an “astonishing” level. Andy...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

A rogue lettings agency in London has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme but is still thought to be trading. Hawks...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has launched a rolling subscription model for tenants’ contents insurance. Now tenants pay for their contents cover...

Over half of the agency branches sold to franchisees by LSL Property Services have signed up to a large PropTech deal. As...

Two animal charities - Cats Protection and Dogs Trust - have started recruiting MPs to their campaign in favour of pets...

An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

A PropTech supplier to letting agents claims that tenants are more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance.  A survey of 1,013...

A webinar says the Renters Reform Bill is the biggest challenge facing lettings agents - and it’s prompted calls to a...

The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents.  The existing network...

Free legal help for agents on what Renters Reform Bill really means A free webinar hosted by PropTech firm Goodlord is being...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

Barbon Insurance Group, which describes itself as the UK's largest tenant referencing and specialist lettings insurance intermediary, has a new managing...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...

Rightmove says it’s helping to digitise the rental processes, making the process less fragmented and frustrating for agents.  In its trading statement...

A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

OnTheMarket is today revealing another deal for agents - and this time it’s with insurance broker Simply Business. There are four new...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...

Currently, the average void period across England is 16.8 days a year. With an average monthly rent of £940, equating to...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

Zero Deposit is piloting a new product that provides six weeks’ cover on every tenancy, even when the renter selects a...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...

In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...

This is a crunch week for the UK economy - and likely the housing market too - with a meeting of...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

With the debate ranging over pets in lets, a new analysis by comparative website Compare The Market suggests pet damage is...

Uncertainty over the coming recession, wholesale reforms of the rental sector, higher interest rates and National Insurance payments are all reasons...

An increasing number of landlord clients are taking out rent insurance according to an online lettings platform. In the first quarter of...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...

OnTheMarket is launching a management fee protection product, developed with tenant referencing platform Canopy and insurance broker the Alan Boswell Group....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...

Letting agents should communicate regularly and proactively with their landlords and tenants to help them understand the proposed reform of the...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

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

PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors the growing number of local council licensing regimes, has teamed up with an insurance broker. The link...

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

TV property expert Phil Spencer says the slowing sales market should spur sales-only agencies into the lettings field. He suggests that ongoing...