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Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...

An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...

A London agency says properties in its patch let in just five days.  Draker Lettings in Fulham has just 22 available instructions...

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation.  Nearly one in...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...

The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...

A London council is urging letting agents and landlords to sign a pledge to encourage tenants to use the local recycling...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

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

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

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

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

A suite of new ‘pet-let’ products is to be offered by The Lettings Hub, which already has some 1,000-plus agents on...

Buy to let mortgage rates will rise “very quickly” this year according to a leading broker. Angus Stewart, chief executive of online...

Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

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

While the number of companies set up by individual landlords to hold buy to lets reached a record high last year,...

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...

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

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

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

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

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 -...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

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

The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...

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

Three Rightmove webinars in the next fortnight have significant interest for lettings agents. Tomorrow, December 1, sees Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

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

A trading statement from franchise agency Winkworth has revealed that its network now derives 75 per cent of its revenue from...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

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

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

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

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...

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...

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...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

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

A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

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

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...

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

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

One of the most pessimistic lettings operations about the London market during the pandemic says that at last the capital is...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

More details have emerged of the Guild of Property Professionals’ Ofqual-accredited, Level-Three and Level-Four qualifications for lettings and sales agents. Guild compliance...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

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...

The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...

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

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

Mistoria is opening its sixth office in the north west of England. The new branch in Cheadle follows Mistoria’s existing outlets in...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...

The five years since the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional homes has led to a...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

A family-owned boutique lettings agency in Salford, Greater Manchester, has taken a significant share in a nearby independent rival - and will...

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

The Canterbury branch of national sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has a new owner. Angie Collins has taken on the...

New PropTech company Ministry of Rooms says its platform has 350 landlords and agents signed up in its first six weeks. The property-tenant matching...

ARLA Propertymark has prepared a ‘top tips’ guide for agents to offer first time landlords. The tips are exhaustive and should convince landlords...

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

A lettings agency that failed to pay a compensation award ordered by The Property Ombudsman has been expelled from the scheme...

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

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

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...

A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

Propertymark, which embraces the Association of Residential Letting Agents, is seeking two new non-executive directors. The body has been in the news of...

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 reminding agents about the controversial Breathing Space legislation coming into effect on May 4. The new rules are known as...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

Manchester-based Ascend Properties has acquired its second company in as many months.  Ascend has now purchased Rent Smart UK, a Lancashire firm...

A property lawyer is forecasting a surge in buy to let purchasing in the coming months as the stamp duty extension...

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

The new head of the Association of Residential Letting Agents admits that the organisation - within its parent body Propertymark - has “had...

Rightmove is reporting a big rise in the proportion of properties listed with video content. It says rental listings with either a...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

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

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from 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...

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

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

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

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

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

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

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

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

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

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

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

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

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

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

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

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

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

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

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

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

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

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

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...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

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

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

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

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

Propertymark has announced that the leadership structure of the lettings side is to be merged with the estate agency section, with...

A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

The Property Academy’s latest webinar, to be held this afternoon, is to be addressed by a behavioural economist and frequent contributor...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...

Data from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts shows that there’s been a big drop in the choice of mortgage for buy to...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

The government is driving landlords into the short let sector according to a trade body. The Residential Landlords Association, responding to recent...

Who are you? Jed Topping, Business Development Executive for Virgin Media How can sales and letting agents work with Virgin Media to earn extra revenue? By...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

A new concept of co-living is being offered on a rental basis at a new purpose-built development in west London. The firm...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...

A new rental deposit alternative scheme claims that some renters have to resort to high-interest payday lenders in order to afford...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

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

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

Energy market regulator Ofgen is considering an amnesty for tenants and landlords, amongst others, to own up to ‘stealing’ energy through...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

What is your business?    Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

The Haart lettings agency says the government’s plan to abolish landlords’ Section 21 eviction powers may not be a bad thing. The...

New research shows more than half of landlords plan to use limited companies to buy properties in the year ahead.  The study...

Lettings experts are being invited to the unveiling of a service described by its creators as “a revolutionary rental product.” It is...

Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...

Letting agents need to adapt to changing landlord and tenant habits The way letting agents, landlords and tenants communicate has changed significantly...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...

There’s been an “unprecedented” across-the-board fall in fixed rate buy to let mortgage rates according to an online investment platform.   Property Master...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

The number of buy to let products for first time landlords has risen to an all-time high. Data from independent mortgage market...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

A specialist broker says the costs of most fixed rate buy to let mortgages are beginning to rise.  Property Master warned last...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests the typical buy to let investor will be lucky to generate annual...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

Lettings agents are being urged to educate themselves as much as possible about rival deposit alternative schemes which are becoming increasingly...

Recent figures suggesting that nearly £1 billion was withdrawn by over-55s through equity release in the first three months of 2019...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

A former agent made redundant by LSL Property Services is the 125th franchisee for EweMove.  Damien Guest, who has worked in agency...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

A senior figure at a deposit replacement service says the current flurry of changes in the private rental sector are positive. Daniel...

An online platform claims it has found a new and easy way for investors to become landlords, describing itself as ‘PayPal...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

The final - and some say most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s ESTAS awards has been revealed. The People Awards, sponsored...

Fergus Wilson, arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord and almost certainly the individual with the largest number of buy to lets in...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

The Nationwide is the latest lender to say it will not insist its buy to let borrowers enforce a No DSS...