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22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...
22 January 2021
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A letting agency comparison website is offering a free month of landlord leads - so long as agents try a Vegan diet. Rentround insists...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...
21 January 2021
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How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...
20 January 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...
20 January 2021
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International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...
19 January 2021
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A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market commentator and PropTech chief says the extension of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban was predictable, but presents agents with...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The annual ARLA Propertymark conference and exhibition, which wasn’t held at all last year because of Coronavirus, has been pushed back...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Movinghub UK has announced its latest integration with Reapit. Movinghub allows agents to assist tenants and other home movers to organise services...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
11 January 2021
From: Proptech & Innovation

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today - and probably most of the rest of the industry - to Martin...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...
08 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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The ban on private rental evictions in Scotland has been formally extended by two months, with a high expectation that a...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Major players in the Build To Rent sector are joining forces to see if they can give the industry a more...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...
07 January 2021
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A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy. The service - called COHO - claims...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

It is “extremely likely” there will be an extension to the current ban on bailiffs conducting evictions even after court orders...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A family-run lettings and sales agency has launched an employee of the year award in memory of a late colleague. The...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is hosting a series of three webinars this month for agents wanting to hear the latest on legislating changes affecting...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has told letting agents in Tier 4 areas that their first priority must be the safety of their tenants. The...
29 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Industry suppliuer Inventory Hive has a launched a new 360-degree camera and app which it says means inspectors can drastically reduce...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance. It’s the latest in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s Keatons agency has acquired another East London independent, Royal Docks Property Services. Keatons describes the result as “a great fit” because the two...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A London agency says it’s doubled its rental deals over an eight week period, helped by adopting a virtual tours app. Paramount,...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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....
09 December 2020
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The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...
09 December 2020
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One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...
07 December 2020
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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A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team. It has come from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office. Bonds, which...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech provider has created an app to remotely view and inspect properties in real time. With InventoryBase Live the tenants undertake...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent’s campaign for more public funds for private tenants continues unabated with a call on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings technology company Goodlord, which works with over 2,000 UK letting agents, has been named by Deloitte as one of...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Wakefield Trinity rugby league club has announced that local lettings agency Cooper & Cutt has renewed its sponsorship with the club,...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...
10 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A south coast agency has snapped up a local independent - the latest of several acquisitions it's made in recent years. Worthing’s...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The main trade body representing lettings agents has described the government’s latest eviction ban as “a further blow” for the sector. At...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A property company that owns and manages premises occupied by a politician has returned some £10,000 in furlough money received under...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is staging a webinar later this month on the topical subject of referral fees. Last month the National Trading Standards for...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s taken what Propertymark calls “a rigorous selection process” to find the latest four regional representatives for the Association of Residential...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...
05 November 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Inventory clerks can continue their regular work through the lockdown so long as they adhere to Cobid-safe protocols. That’s the message from...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The This Is Money website is carrying a story of a London rental property where the front door was left open...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...
02 November 2020
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The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...
30 October 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 announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

In a dramatic return to the agency world, the former chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is joining...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A heroic lettings agency in the south west of England has stepped up to the plate this half-term week by offering...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom. The...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Sponsored Content

The free to list portal Residential People is launching a machine-learning platform allowing agents to specifically target local landlords and emphasise...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus. The cloud-based...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Channel 4’s BAFTA award-winning comedy Stath Lets Flats is back on the market for a third season. The agency-based sit-com from writer-performer...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A hybrid has been named lettings agency of the year by comparison website Rentround. Accommodation.co.uk has won the award after being the most...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being invited to additional courses from TDS Academy online. The courses, offering Continuing Professional Development training virtually, look in particular...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News
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Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Two former Keller Williams agents have their own BBC Three TV show now available on the iPlayer. It’s called Rent Like a...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Knox has unveiled a new property investment website as it marks its 16th anniversary. The new site features the tagline ‘property...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...
14 October 2020
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Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech service The Depositary is extending its existing partnership with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, aiming to fully integrate with the TDS...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A business owner who calls himself a “frontline agent” is the new Vice President of ARLA Propertymark. David Votta, owner of Votta...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 2020
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Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...
08 October 2020
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Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
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Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 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

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s to be a new editor for Landlord Today from tomorrow, Thursday October 1. It’s to be Graham Norwood, currently editor of...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...
28 September 2020
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A crooked lettings agent stole almost £30,000 from dozens of clients to prevent his business from going bankrupt. Tim Catherall, of Nottinghamshire,...
28 September 2020
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It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 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

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A growing residential estate management company has committed its future to office-working after moving to a new boutique space in Birmingham. Principle...
17 September 2020
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Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There have been changes to the Notice To Quit process in Northern Ireland. The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Martyn Gerrard Estate Agent is the latest agency to partner with a deposit alternative supplier - in this case flatfair. Tenants at...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
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A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been served with civil penalty notices for operating unlicensed HMOs. The notices were from Wellingborough council; one was for...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate. The...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...
04 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

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
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A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A council says it's identified hundreds of rental properties within its boundaries which apparently do not comply with key energy efficiency...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...
01 September 2020
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Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer. Mary Rouse,...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least. Research by rental platform Spotahome has...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...
28 August 2020
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A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A proposed licensing regime in Kent has been abandoned because of fears it would drive landlords away. Medway council proposed a scheme...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The new director of campaign group Generation Rent says the government has caused “untold mental stress” to thousands of tenants. Commenting on...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour leader Keir Starmer says the latest extension of the eviction ban is insufficient without a comprehensive plan by government. “This eleventh...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000. Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents. Housemates is for students, landlords and...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector. Tenant Shop...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has launched a special offer deal with new property portal Homesearch. Agents who sign up to the flatfair...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair is now selling a top-up cover element that allows landlords to add a further six weeks damage...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on. Benham...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
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Teclet has announced another strategic partnership with LettsPay, a client accounting platform - the latest in a lengthy series of API...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

It came as little surprise after weeks of speculation but David Cox, chief executive of ARLA Propertymark, left the organisation officially...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new online self-screening bot helps agents and landlords manage viewers’ safety more easily, before any face-to-face meetings take place. That’s the...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has outlined new court procedures to address the expected backlog of cases when eviction proceedings resume on August 24. For...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing minister says the resumption of eviction possession court cases at the end of next month must be done in...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is “doubling up” its efforts to make sure letting agents comply with anti-discrimination legislation when it...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Automated lettings and management platform teclet has announced a new inventory solution with No Letting Go and its Kaptur inventory app. Kaptur...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 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

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative system and rental financial services platform Canopy has raised over £2m in a funding round that was oversubscribed within...