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![Over 700 CPO homes let by government along doomed HS2 rail line](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Westminster wants to tax short let tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Activists want thousands of pounds to campaign against short lets](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb host register hailed as “fantastic step forward”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agent jailed after ordering staff to make false claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Police-400x310.png)
The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians insist “we’re not at war with holiday lets”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propertycalculator-400x310.png)
South Hams council in south Devon - one of the UK’s top holiday spots - has unanimously agreed proposals for second...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Work-from-home locations where agency says rental market is red hot](/img/default/lat.png)
The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council seeking info on agencies that worked with rogue landlord](/img/default/lat.png)
A council says it’s looking for lettings agencies that worked with a rogue landlord who's been issued with a four year banning order. Bristol...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents and landlords fined tens of thousands in vermin scandal](/img/default/lat.png)
Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Free tenant referencing product for agents to be rolled out](/img/default/lat.png)
The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Holiday rental homes for NHS frontline staff - after crisis is over](/img/default/lat.png)
A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Short lets firm that had advertisement banned changes its name](/img/default/lat.png)
A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Slow winter ahead for private rental sector warns market monitor](/img/default/lat.png)
Agency Express, the board company that monitors the lettings market through demand for its To Let and Let By boards, warns...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in foreign landlords thanks to Brexit’s weak pound](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis alert for private rental sector as electricity thefts surge](/img/default/lat.png)
New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Warning over charging tenants agent commission as well as repair bills](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![One-in-eight buy to lets run by company landlords says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 12 per cent of homes to let are operated by a ‘company landlord’ according to an analysis by Countrywide high-end...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tricky conditions mean agents need to impress professional landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Big boost for prime London lettings market according to agency](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency caught up in sub-let scandal of homes let on Airbnb](/img/default/lat.png)
The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide reports huge fall in number of overseas landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rents 'growing strongly in regional cities but not in London'](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency must pay over £50,000 after letting overcrowded flat](/img/default/lat.png)
An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tax changes lead to big fall in overseas-based buy to let investors](/img/default/lat.png)
The proportion of landlords of British buy to let properties who are themselves based overseas has fallen to a record low...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide says proportion of homes let by 'firms' has hit all-time high](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![At last - lettings market comes back to life after 'slumber spring'](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings market is looking distinctly healthier now than a month ago according to data just released by board company Agency...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Market dip - letting agents' board figures down in April](/img/default/lat.png)
There was a decline in both the number of To Let and Let By properties during April, according to the latest...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market slowing according to latest Agency Express survey](/img/default/lat.png)
Board company Agency Express says the buoyant start to the year’s lettings market has given way to a slowdown. In its February...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market picking up momentum after annual lull](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental market inflated by 80,000 properties let by 'accidental landlords'](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says one in every 12 homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 was for sale at some...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Private rental growth 'not driven by foreign investors' says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market wobbling according to figures from board company](/img/default/lat.png)
Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![20% of rental properties now let by companies, says Countrywide](/img/default/lat.png)
A remarkable one in five properties now being let are operated by a company landlord - and the figure surges to...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent 'could deliver 240,000 new homes to let by 2030'](/img/default/lat.png)
A new report suggests that institutional investment in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector could see the creation of 240,000 new...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Britain's biggest Build To Rent scheme emphasises 'no agents'](/img/default/lat.png)
Wembley Park in north London is to host Britain’s largest Build To Rent scheme yet after Quintain revealed a programme for...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rental market remains robust after summer slowdown](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK rental market remains resilient, despite an expected summer slowdown in activity. This is the message from the latest Agency Express...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Short term boost but long term dip in lettings, warns Agency Express](/img/default/lat.png)
Latest data from board company Agency Express suggests that last month’s lull in the lettings market was short lived - although...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agency Express relaunches lettings index using real-time board data](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of properties across the UK categorised as To Let by board services company Agency Express has fallen 8.1 per...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![7,251 people apply for two rooms let by flat-share website boss](/img/default/lat.png)
The highly-publicised attempt by the founder of flat-sharing website SpareRoom to let two rooms from the London home “for what you can...
04 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents strike deal with bus firm to offer free travel to tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents in Cambridge have struck a deal with Stagecoach East to give five free days of travel to new tenants...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Leading Tory warns much further to go on removing buy to let tax breaks](/img/default/lat.png)
As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![BTL tax changes will hit amateur landlords most warns agent](/img/default/lat.png)
One of Britain’s senior letting agents says the people likely to be hit hardest by changes of the buy to let...
13 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Lettings board ban to be extended and made permanent](/img/default/lat.png)
A trial voluntary ban on letting agents boards in part of a town has been declared such a success it could...