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Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms. Former Lib...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection. The funding will be...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Twitter owner Elon Musk and 1,000 other technology leaders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have called for a pause on the...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of 2,000 tenants in England and Wales shows that some 23 per cent claim to be struggling to pay...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech startup called EVO is claiming to revolutionise repairs and maintenance in the “broken” rented housing sector. EVO says it connects...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The private rented sector is enjoying record demand. According to Hometrack, rental enquiries per estate agency branch were 46% higher in...
16 January 2023
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Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent. Chief...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading figure in the agency training and qualifications sector is predicting that as agents have increasingly adapted to ‘the new...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector. “Extending...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...
29 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News
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...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News
The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent developer has revealed plans to construct over 10,000 units in just five years. Wise Living, part of SDL,...