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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

Birmingham, Bristol and Leicester are seeing the fastest growth in Buy To Let investment according to new figures from a business...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

A trade body is advising landlords and agents acting on their behalf to take precautions to protect their investments if they...

A specialist insurance provider says there is substantial mis-buying of insurance products by buy to let investors.  A survey of 500 landlords...

The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...

A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action.   Landlord...

A specialist insurance provider has reminded landlords and letting agents of the pitfalls associated with rent guarantee insurance.  Cover4LetProperty suggests that squeezed...

A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...

Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...

The latest survey from a specialist landlord insurance firm confirms what many in the industry will have known for a long...

Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...

Another organisation is warning of the dangers if tenants go away at Christmas and sub-let their properties without consent.    Total Landlord Insurance,...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...

The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...

A tenant referencing and insurance firm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of one of its competitors. Let Insurances Ltd,...

An inventory software firm claims periodic visits by agents or landlords could lead to a reduction in damage to rental properties. The...

An estimated 400,000 landlords in the UK - that’s approaching three in every 10 - have had their property damaged by...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a radio advertisement for Direct Line Landlord Insurance because it has been judged to be...