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A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

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

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...

A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

A PropTech provider has created an app to remotely view and inspect properties in real time.  With InventoryBase Live the tenants undertake...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

The lettings technology company Goodlord, which works with over 2,000 UK letting agents, has been named by Deloitte as one of...

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...

A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

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

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...

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...

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

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

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

ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...

A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

PropTech company Goodlord has partnered with a credit reference firm, claiming it will help letting agents to secure more accurate info...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

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

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

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...

Agents on Rightmove can now start using the portal’s new appointment booking tool, Viewings Manager, which has just completed its test...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...

Wakefield Trinity rugby league club has announced that local lettings agency Cooper & Cutt has renewed its sponsorship with the club,...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...

Henry Adams Lettings in Bognor Regis has joined forces with AC Lettings, one of the largest and most successful independent lettings...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

A south coast agency has snapped up a local independent - the latest of several acquisitions it's made in recent years. Worthing’s...

A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...

The main trade body representing lettings agents has described the government’s latest eviction ban as “a further blow” for the sector. At...

Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...

Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...

Propertymark is staging a webinar later this month on the topical subject of referral fees. Last month the National Trading Standards for...

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...

It’s taken what Propertymark calls “a rigorous selection process” to find the latest four regional representatives for the Association of Residential...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

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

Inventory clerks can continue their regular work through the lockdown so long as they adhere to Cobid-safe protocols. That’s the message from...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

Hybrid lettings agency Accommodation is launching a drive to recruit agents in 10 regions across the UK. The company says this is...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

The This Is Money website is carrying a story of a London rental property where the front door was left open...

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

Two industry training firms say the lockdown beginning this week gives agents an opportunity to prepare for 2021. Agency Mentors and The Able Agent...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

It is thought likely that the new four week lockdown in England coming into effect on Thursday will mean evictions will...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group.  Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...

The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...

A top property lawyer says a recent decision by bailiffs not to forcibly evict anyone in Tier 2 and Tier 3 is an...

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

Ten estate agencies have signed up to a partnership programme with the easyStorage company, which allows lettings and sales firms to...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

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

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

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

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

In a dramatic return to the agency world, the former chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is joining...

A heroic lettings agency in the south west of England has stepped up to the plate this half-term week by offering...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

A new nationally recognised letting agent qualification is being launched by a landlord body. The Managing Property and Residential Lettings Level 3...

Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...

A fake lettings agent has been caught trying to cheat prospective tenants out of £1,500 which she claimed was a deposit...

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus.  The cloud-based...

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...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

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...

Campaign group Generation Rent says thousands of tenants in areas of the country under Tier 3 Coronavirus restrictions are in danger...

Letting agents are being invited to additional courses from TDS Academy online. The courses, offering Continuing Professional Development training virtually, look in particular...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...

The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

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

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

Martin & Co has completed major acquisitions from local independents in three areas.  Martin & Co Falmouth completed its fifth acquisition in...

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

John Lewis Partnership, until now best known for its department stores and ownership of Waitrose, is to build homes for rent. The...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...

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

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...

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

A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

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

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

A new free-to-list ‘lifestyle’ app that aims to be bigger than Rightmove says it will pay lettings agents when renters switch...

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

It’s a year today since the closure of the formal government consultation into scrapping Section 21 powers for agents and landlords. In last...

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

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

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...

Most tenants claim they are “intimidated” when agents or landlords telephone them about arrears - and they would much prefer a text. A small...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

PropTech service The Depositary is extending its existing partnership with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, aiming to fully integrate with the TDS...

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

A business owner who calls himself a “frontline agent” is the new Vice President of ARLA Propertymark.  David Votta, owner of Votta...

ARLA Propertymark has welcomed the creation of a financial lifeline for tenants in Wales in arrears because of Coronavirus.  The association has...

Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord.  During September, the average rent for...

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...

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

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

Belvoir has acquired its 100th independent agency with its Northwood Wolverhampton operation snapping up Millenium Properties in the city. This adds another...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

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...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...

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

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...

There’s to be a new editor for Landlord Today from tomorrow, Thursday October 1. It’s to be Graham Norwood, currently editor of...

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

A crooked lettings agent stole almost £30,000 from dozens of clients to prevent his business from going bankrupt. Tim Catherall, of Nottinghamshire,...

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

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

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and safeagent have announced two new e-learning modules for letting agents and landlords. The modules, which form...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

The acquisition of a Newcastle independents has allowed Northwood to become one of the city’s largest lettings agencies. Inderpal Dhillon and Aman Singh of...

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

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

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

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

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...

The renters’ group ACORN, which has held numerous protests at individual letting agents’ offices, has apologised after one of its local...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

Three agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards.  In the case of Foremost Lettings Ltd...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

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

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector.  Tenant Shop...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

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

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has launched a special offer deal with new property portal Homesearch.  Agents who sign up to the flatfair...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The acquisition of an independent agency in Yorkshire has resulted in a branch closure and the two staff being transferred to...

Media reports from Gateshead claim two brothers opened fire on a lettings agency with an air pistol when they were told they...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

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...

Greenwich council in London has resuscitated a proposal to extend its existing selective licensing regime, put on ice during the Coronavirus...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...