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A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...

Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. New internal data from the company claims demand rose by 15%...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...

Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...

Rightmove is rolling out displaying the new Material info Parts B & C fields on listings, following a number of months...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...

Student accommodation listings service StuRents has added three new hires as it expands. Chris Glen is the new head of customer success....

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Propertymark is hosting an Understanding Material Information for Lettings Agents on Thursday January 18 from 1230 to 1400. The National Trading Standards...

A new analysis shows that - unsurprisingly - London remains the most competitive region for letting agents, having seen the largest...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - can completely by-pass letting agents. It describes itself as a ‘dating service’...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...

The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

OnTheMarket says it’s the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...

One of the high end lettings agencies dominating the prime London rental landscape says there’s no end in sight to the...

New figures today from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons shows growth in the supply of lettings properties on the market is starting...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...

OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the high profile digital platform Booking.com is to become a member.  Available in 43 languages...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021.  High...

PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...

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An online lettings agency claims some properties are receiving up to 50 viewing requests - prompting landlords to pull listings to...

OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...

Lettings agency Knight Frank has partnered with accessible housing consultancy AccessiblePRS to improve access and inclusion in the UK’s private rented...

Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...

A floorplan supplier to the agency industry claims such plans lead to higher rents for comparable properties. However, the sample used by...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Another lettings agency is offering a major incentive to landlords switching from Airbnb to traditional long term rentals. Hills Lettings, a south...

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...

The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

Huge improvements could be made to the lettings process if agents used the property data available to them, it’s been claimed. PropTech...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

Theresa Wallace, the chair of The Lettings Industry Council, has given her backing to compulsory changes to rental property listings introduced...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...