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Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

Owners of second homes who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to...

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

A new Midlands property investment group has been launched, and says it will target both investors and landlords. Joseph Mews Property Group...

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...

One of Britain’s largest property companies may be sold in one of Britain’s biggest private equity deals. Sky News reports that Terra Firma...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

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

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

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

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims.  Sequire Property Investment...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

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

Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...

A new bank called Monument is aiming at property investors and established buy to let landlords seeking to grow their portfolios. Its...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

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

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings.  Managing...

Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...

An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

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

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

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

Senior managers in the lettings and sales side of independent chain Spicerhaart are reducing their carbon footprint by taking up the...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

Lettings income has played a major part in the upswing in income for the Belvoir Group, reported to shareholders in its...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

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...

Leeds property investment agency ERE Property has undergone a company-wide rebrand in the UK and Hong Kong. No images have been released...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

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

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

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

Police were called to a protect outside a lettings firm in Oxfordshire after a crowd picketed the office over a dispute...

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

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

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

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

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

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

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

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

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

An agency which has for the past 11 years specialised in south west London is now expanding with a new office...

A bank has seen a surge in Honk Kong residents purchasing UK buy to let properties. Skipton International, the Guernsey-licensed bank, says...

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

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

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

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...

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

OnTheMarket now owns PropTech firm Glanty outright. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet, a cloud-based lettings software service. Glanty's revenues grew...

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...

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

One of the leading deposit alternative providers, flatfair, has partnered with a major property management service with some 3,000 tenants. The deal...

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...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

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...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

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

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

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

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

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

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...

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...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...

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...

Build To Rent giant Grainger has purchased the rights to a 231-home development in Bristol for around £63m. In a statement to...

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

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

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

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

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

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

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

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

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

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

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

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

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

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

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...

A new agency set up in Wiltshire says it goes beyond the traditional lettings services of existing operators, and instead seeks...

One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence.  Mishon Mackay,...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

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...

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...

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

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

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

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

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

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

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Labour has described the stamp duty holiday introduced last week as “a £1.3 billion bung for landlords” because the tax break...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

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 plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

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

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...

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...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

A Build To Rent developer has revealed plans to construct over 10,000 units in just five years. Wise Living, part of SDL,...

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

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

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

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

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

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

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

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...

The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...

A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...

High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander.  The capital funding package will be...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

Industry supplier Let Alliance has merged with the Barbon Insurance Group, which includes HomeLet and Rentshield     The announcement was made at...

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

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...

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

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

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...

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

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...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

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

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

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

Zillios looking to become the leading portal for international property listings, appealing to property owners, estate agents, and property hunters alike....

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

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

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

A property education business says it’s targeting a major expansion with the launch of online additions to its nationwide courses in...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

A lettings agency is believed to be the first to offer landlords a year's rent in advance in one lump sum...

A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...

Work has started on a new 216-unit Build To Rent project in Leeds; it’s to be known as Fabrik. Grainger is the...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

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

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...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

Institutional investment in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector reached a record high last year, according to fresh research from Bidwells.  The...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

 – 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...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

A holiday lettings company says it’s seen a 23 per cent increase in its portfolio over the past year as owners...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...