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The new head of the Association of Residential Letting Agents admits that the organisation - within its parent body Propertymark - has “had...

Rightmove says there’s been a big rise in the number of prospective tenants contacting letting agents via its website. The portal says...

Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year.  The heiress, who...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

A new agency is opening in the Home Counties and claims to offer vendors and landlords “a fresh, modern and energetic...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

Lettings agents are being told by an online platform to be extra-vigilant as increasing numbers of student tenants are getting pets. The...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year.  They’re to be held via...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

The latest shock resignation from Propertymark leaves the lettings agency sector rudderless - although enthusiasm for the organisation has arguably never...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users.  The partnership with...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

The rate of rental growth picked up for the sixth month running according to lettings agency Hamptons.  Across Great Britain rents rose 4.3...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The Guild of Property Professionals and The Lettings Hub is to continue its partnership. Iain McKenzie, The Guild’s chief executive, says: “Having...

A tenant referencing service and lettings insurance provider is linking with an anti-money laundering compliance consultancy. HomeLet and Let Alliance, part of...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the acquisition of another independent agency, this time in the East Midlands. It’s snapped up Hill &...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

There could be 700,000 private tenants in arrears by the end of this year - an unsustainable burden on agents and landlords,...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

A search agent says virtual viewings for prospective tenants or purchasers are useful - but less sophisticated ones reveal more than...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

It’s now the annual National Apprenticeship Week and Leaders Romans Group has outlined how it’s opening up opportunities to newcomers to...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

Two friends and former work colleagues have become the new owners of the agency at which they previously worked, Lovelle Grimsby...

Leaders Romans Group has announced another acquisition - this time it’s the EuroLet agency at Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire. The single-branch office...

Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

London lettings network Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has been appointed to manage and let a huge new portfolio of around 3,000...

A branch of Martin & Co has completed its second independent lettings book acquisition in 18 months. Martin & Co Chelmsford, part...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...

The takeover of Hunters by The Property Franchise Group means the combined operations will manage over 70,000 tenanted properties across the...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

Industry supplier The Lettings Hub has launched what it calls a free to use pre-tenancy management platform for agents. Called BOX it...

Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

An online lettings agency that claims to have analysed the costs of “a selection” of 12 High Street agencies has accused...

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

The new chief executive of Propertymark says being a member of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is a sign of...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

Three property specialists have joined forces to launch a new branch of franchise brand Martin & Co. Directors Andrew Rowson and Lindsey...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

The lettings sector has softened over the past year as the demand for urban living with shorter commutes has been replaced...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...

A letting agency comparison website is offering a free month of landlord leads - so long as agents try a Vegan diet. Rentround insists...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has...

Movinghub UK has announced its latest integration with Reapit. Movinghub allows agents to assist tenants and other home movers to organise services...

Build To Rent giant Grainger has purchased the rights to a 231-home development in Bristol for around £63m. In a statement to...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today - and probably most of the rest of the industry - to Martin...

A EweMove branch has acquired a nearby Martin & Co operation, including its portfolio of 150 managed properties. Both firms are owned...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...

A Belvoir franchise has agreed on a new partnership with Premiership rugby team, Swansea RFC. The deal means not only will the...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

A family-run lettings and sales agency has launched an employee of the year award in memory of a late colleague.   The...

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...

Propertymark is hosting a series of three webinars this month for agents wanting to hear the latest on legislating changes affecting...

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

The government has told letting agents in Tier 4 areas that their first priority must be the safety of their tenants. The...

A lettings agent has spoken out at a local council landlord licensing scheme, suggesting it might just be nothing more than...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

A lettings agency has called in the police after a protest involving anti-agent activists demanding compensation for past tenants. The Eastern Daily...

Belvoir’s agency in Grantham is making a fantastic gesture by donating crates of produce to the local Foodbank. Over 100 kilos of...

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...

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...

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

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

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

Industry suppliuer Inventory Hive has a launched a new 360-degree camera and app which it says means inspectors can drastically reduce...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

A Labour councillor in Yorkshire claims letting agents are not showing the actual properties available to rent when they use virtual...

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...

A new rental system allowing licensed lettings agents to offer landlords a year’s rent up-front has had hundreds of responses in...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance.   It’s the latest in...

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

A London agency says it’s doubled its rental deals over an eight week period, helped by adopting a virtual tours app. Paramount,...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...

Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...

The government has issued a new How To Rent Guide - the critical document that both letting agents and landlords have...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

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...

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

One of the biggest commercial property operators in the country is to build 338 apartments to rent on the site of...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly...

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

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...

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

The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office.  Bonds, which...

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

An overwhelming 98 per cent of agents who are members of The Property Ombudsman scheme pay compensation when an investigation is...

A 47-year-old south coast lettings and sales agency has been acquired by Oakfield Estate Agents. Andrews Estate Agents first opened a branch...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...

Webinars aimed at letting agents are being launched by PropTech firms RentProfile and Tilt Property Software. The series runs under the umbrella...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

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...