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Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...

Governments across the UK must do more to understand the scale of short lets and the threat they may pose to...

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

Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

One of the most pessimistic lettings operations about the London market during the pandemic says that at last the capital is...

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

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  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...

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

The free to list portal Residential People is launching a machine-learning platform allowing agents to specifically target local landlords and emphasise...

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

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

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...

Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

A survey of 1,000 tenants and landlords has provided evidence of what many agents already know - that the growing complexity...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...