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Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

Grainger, one of the biggest forces in the UK’s Build To Rent sector, says it has proved the resilience of the...

A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...

Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...