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![Seven Tips this lettings agency is giving its landlord clients](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big PropTech deal for over half of LSL franchise agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Internet-400x310.jpg)
Over half of the agency branches sold to franchisees by LSL Property Services have signed up to a large PropTech deal. As...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...
16 March 2023
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![Rightmove “driving the digitisation of the rental journey”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Rightmove says it’s helping to digitise the rental processes, making the process less fragmented and frustrating for agents. In its trading statement...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 cities for buy to let investment revealed by insurer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Voids plummet - key sign of healthy rental market, new survey shows](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/house%20keys.png)
Currently, the average void period across England is 16.8 days a year. With an average monthly rent of £940, equating to...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlord numbers up despite taxes, new laws and red tape](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tory duo warned not to delay rental reform - key supplier speaks out](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SunakvsTruss_400x310.png)
A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![White Paper fall-out - private rental sector set to contract](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![High number of landlords claim agents charge too much](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/business-competition400x310.png)
More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Study reveals best place for student accommodation investment](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investment hotspots revealed by business service](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Birmingham, Bristol and Leicester are seeing the fastest growth in Buy To Let investment according to new figures from a business...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Large independent signs exclusive PropTech deal for two years](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Tenancy-Agreement-400x310.png)
The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...
27 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Are you open to lets with pets?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/DPS_Computer_share/Puppy-Pic-1_DPS_Green%20360x280.jpg)
The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...
29 June 2021
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![Revealed - why some landlords do not use letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Revealed: annual costs of being a buy to let investor these days...](/img/default/lat.png)
A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternatives: new entrant to market is Hamilton Fraser](/img/default/lat.png)
A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency targets lettings with new one-stop-shop services](/img/default/lat.png)
The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency advises landlords on three key risks to successful letting](/img/default/lat.png)
High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Students want three year tenancies, cleaning and faster responses](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities. The study, by a landlord...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stricter HMO rules: “awareness remains limited” claims top agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants 'know too little about the rental sector' suggests report](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Allowing tenants to keep pets? Make sure you protect your property...](/img/default/lat.png)
A trade body is advising landlords and agents acting on their behalf to take precautions to protect their investments if they...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Widespread 'mis-buying' of insurance across buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
A specialist insurance provider says there is substantial mis-buying of insurance products by buy to let investors. A survey of 500 landlords...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Show Off your Staged Properties for the Chance to Win](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...
23 October 2017
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![Insurance specialist warns of fire dangers in student accommodation](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![League table claims student accommodation gives up to 12% yield](/img/default/lat.png)
A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why Landlords Still Need Letting Agents Despite Changing Regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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![Eviction firm Landlord Action acquired by redress scheme owner](/img/default/lat.png)
HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action. Landlord...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords and agents warned about rent guarantee insurance](/img/default/lat.png)
A specialist insurance provider has reminded landlords and letting agents of the pitfalls associated with rent guarantee insurance. Cover4LetProperty suggests that squeezed...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let expert release video 'shows' for use by agents](/img/default/lat.png)
A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Luke Burton, Sales & Marketing Director at Rent4sure](/img/default/lat.png)
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...
29 March 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![New website brings together PRS, mydeposits and others](/img/default/lat.png)
Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Confirmation: cost and location are key factors for tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
The latest survey from a specialist landlord insurance firm confirms what many in the industry will have known for a long...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![New podcasts aim to educate agents, landlords and tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![New warning of potential illegal sub-letting over Christmas](/img/default/lat.png)
Another organisation is warning of the dangers if tenants go away at Christmas and sub-let their properties without consent. Total Landlord Insurance,...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fees ban: here's a calculation of how much it might cost landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Number of single tenants falling as families and sharers enter PRS](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Tenant referencing firm acquires competitor](/img/default/lat.png)
A tenant referencing and insurance firm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of one of its competitors. Let Insurances Ltd,...
24 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Inventory firm backs idea of property visits](/img/default/lat.png)
An inventory software firm claims periodic visits by agents or landlords could lead to a reduction in damage to rental properties. The...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![40,000 lettings properties damaged each year - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
An estimated 400,000 landlords in the UK - that’s approaching three in every 10 - have had their property damaged by...