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Lettings agents are being told by an online platform to be extra-vigilant as increasing numbers of student tenants are getting pets. The...
19 February 2021
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A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...
16 February 2021
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Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...
15 February 2021
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The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...
14 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Government data suggests that scare stories talking of a glut of evictions if the current ban is lifted are simply unfounded. Data...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...
10 February 2021
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The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative provider flatfair says it’s set to make big announcements soon - and in the meantime it’s attracted a key...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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,...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading market commentator and PropTech chief says the extension of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban was predictable, but presents agents with...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The annual ARLA Propertymark conference and exhibition, which wasn’t held at all last year because of Coronavirus, has been pushed back...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today - and probably most of the rest of the industry - to Martin...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The Prime Minister has told MPs that the eviction ban effectively in place now but scheduled to expire on January 11...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

It is “extremely likely” there will be an extension to the current ban on bailiffs conducting evictions even after court orders...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average rent in the UK, measured just before the turn of the year, is £979, showing a 2.7 per cent...
06 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A London agency says it’s doubled its rental deals over an eight week period, helped by adopting a virtual tours app. Paramount,...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new app claims to make it easier for agents to create virtual tours and instantly embed them in property portal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A PropTech provider has created an app to remotely view and inspect properties in real time. With InventoryBase Live the tenants undertake...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent campaign has renewed its call for public money to be allocated to clear at least some rent arrears...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...
10 November 2020
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A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has formally announced a pause in evictions in England until January 11 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agent and property management expert says the industry has been reluctant to recognise the increasing trend of consumers...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding the return of the eviction ban - even though, to all intents...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Inventory clerks can continue their regular work through the lockdown so long as they adhere to Cobid-safe protocols. That’s the message from...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two industry training firms say the lockdown beginning this week gives agents an opportunity to prepare for 2021. Agency Mentors and The Able Agent...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It is thought likely that the new four week lockdown in England coming into effect on Thursday will mean evictions will...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Ten estate agencies have signed up to a partnership programme with the easyStorage company, which allows lettings and sales firms to...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...
28 October 2020
From: Proptech & Innovation

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom. The...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being invited to additional courses from TDS Academy online. The courses, offering Continuing Professional Development training virtually, look in particular...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the most prominent south coast lettings and sales agencies is returning to Zoopla after a five year absence. Mishon Mackay,...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...
08 October 2020
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Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
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The hyper-active Linley & Simpson agency group has announced its fourth acquisition since the lifting of the national lockdown. The Yorkshire-focussed company...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...
28 September 2020
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Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half of prospective home buyers have delayed their plans because of the Coronavirus crisis, a mortgage company says. Research by Aldermore...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting. After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...
09 September 2020
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There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...
01 September 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents. Housemates is for students, landlords and...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s on the look-out for independent firms wanting to join its brand in the possibly-unsettled near future. Dorian...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on. Benham...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...
21 July 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing minister says the resumption of eviction possession court cases at the end of next month must be done in...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says it is on the lookout for agencies wanting to sell or join a franchise operation as they come out...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is the latest agency to produce evidence that the lettings sector has rebounded in the four weeks since the...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Hunters has revealed that it’s used the lockdown period to train staff with a range of e-learning modules as well as...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant increase in the mortgage choice available to landlords as the buy to let market gets closer to...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months. It will be...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand in the prime London lettings market is catching up with supply, reducing short-term downwards pressure on rental values. That’s the view...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The plethora of support companies around Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK have told the government that it...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International. In April the average...
18 May 2020
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Grainger, one of the biggest forces in the UK’s Build To Rent sector, says it has proved the resilience of the...
15 May 2020
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A specialist mortgage broker is suggesting that this is the right time for buy to let investors to bag bargain properties,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...
14 May 2020
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The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...
13 May 2020
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Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin. Landlord...
12 May 2020
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Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...
12 May 2020
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PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...
12 May 2020
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Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...
11 May 2020
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Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software. The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...
11 May 2020
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Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...
08 May 2020
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Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...
08 May 2020
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Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House. The...
08 May 2020
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Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Friday, we’re revealing what agents have been doing to maintain morale in their teams during lockdown. You’ve been generous...
07 May 2020
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The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...
05 May 2020
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A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...
05 May 2020
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A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
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A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...
04 May 2020
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New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 2020
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The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...
01 May 2020
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Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...
30 April 2020
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Several local authorities at different stages of implementing rental licensing schemes have put their proposals on ice until the Coronavirus crisis...
30 April 2020
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Lockdown may be over soon - but who knows what a relaxation of the current restrictions will really mean for our...
30 April 2020
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Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...
29 April 2020
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The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...
28 April 2020
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A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...
27 April 2020
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Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus. The National...
27 April 2020
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Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...
27 April 2020
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Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...
24 April 2020
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London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...
24 April 2020
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Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...
24 April 2020
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A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...
24 April 2020
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Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...
21 April 2020
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High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...
20 April 2020
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The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...
17 April 2020
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Landlords have been sharply criticised by a broker for allegedly trying to cash in on the Coronavirus crisis by demanding mortgage...
16 April 2020
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A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...
16 April 2020
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The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 April 2020
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The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...
07 April 2020
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The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
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Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...
06 April 2020
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Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
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Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago. It says it’s enjoyed...
03 April 2020
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Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...
02 April 2020
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Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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