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The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
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Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...
19 January 2021
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A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...
19 January 2021
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Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...
18 January 2021
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The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...
18 January 2021
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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
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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
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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
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Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...
11 January 2021
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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
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London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...
31 December 2020
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Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...
30 December 2020
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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
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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
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Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
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Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...
21 December 2020
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London’s Keatons agency has acquired another East London independent, Royal Docks Property Services. Keatons describes the result as “a great fit” because the two...
16 December 2020
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There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
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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
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London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...
10 December 2020
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Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
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The rental market is recovering fast from the Coronavirus crisis and still has a strong ‘offer’ for investors - but it’s...
07 December 2020
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It’s a case of London versus The Rest when it comes to the rental market, according to HomeLet. Its latest market snapshot shows...
07 December 2020
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Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
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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
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A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
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The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...
02 December 2020
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A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...
26 November 2020
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Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...
25 November 2020
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Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...
25 November 2020
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A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...
24 November 2020
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One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...
23 November 2020
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London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...
20 November 2020
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The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...
20 November 2020
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International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...
19 November 2020
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The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
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A PropTech lettings platform is reporting that the level of income required to cover the cost of renting has increased across...
18 November 2020
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London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...
17 November 2020
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The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
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The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...
12 November 2020
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The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...
12 November 2020
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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
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It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
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Labour claims over 350 households in London alone were issued with a Section 21 notice during the first lockdown in spring...
09 November 2020
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Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...
04 November 2020
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A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...
04 November 2020
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The This Is Money website is carrying a story of a London rental property where the front door was left open...
03 November 2020
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The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...
02 November 2020
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The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...
02 November 2020
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Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
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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
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Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
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Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...
29 October 2020
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The government is asking bailiffs not to enforce court possession orders in areas with the highest Coronavirus restrictions. So although evictions can...
26 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
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A fake lettings agent has been caught trying to cheat prospective tenants out of £1,500 which she claimed was a deposit...
26 October 2020
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Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...
22 October 2020
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London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...
22 October 2020
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The Ringley Group has launched a new estate and block management division targeting high-end London instructions. Ringley Group already has over 12,000...
21 October 2020
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The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...
19 October 2020
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John Lewis Partnership, until now best known for its department stores and ownership of Waitrose, is to build homes for rent. The...
19 October 2020
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An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...
16 October 2020
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A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...
16 October 2020
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A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...
14 October 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord. During September, the average rent for...
08 October 2020
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The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...
06 October 2020
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The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...
06 October 2020
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An agent has been banned from being a company director after tax offences involving hundreds of thousands of pounds, or possibly...
02 October 2020
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A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...
02 October 2020
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A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...
01 October 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
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A £5,000 fine has been handed to five landlords in London for failing to license HMOs. One of the properties, a four-bedroom HMO in...
28 September 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
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The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
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Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...
18 September 2020
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The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...
17 September 2020
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Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...
16 September 2020
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Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...
15 September 2020
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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
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Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
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Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
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Martyn Gerrard Estate Agent is the latest agency to partner with a deposit alternative supplier - in this case flatfair. Tenants at...
10 September 2020
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The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...
09 September 2020
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Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...
08 September 2020
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A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...
07 September 2020
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The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
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A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...
03 September 2020
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The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...
02 September 2020
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Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
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Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least. Research by rental platform Spotahome has...
01 September 2020
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A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...
27 August 2020
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A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...
25 August 2020
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A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...
25 August 2020
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A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...
21 August 2020
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A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000. Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...
21 August 2020
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The anti-letting agent group ACORN is to stage protests in 10 to 15 UK cities this weekend according to an activists’...
20 August 2020
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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
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One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...
17 August 2020
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The latest house price index, produced by the website Home, gives a broadly optimistic outlook for landlords and other buy to...
14 August 2020
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New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
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Greenwich council in London has resuscitated a proposal to extend its existing selective licensing regime, put on ice during the Coronavirus...
10 August 2020
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Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
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The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...
07 August 2020
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Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...
06 August 2020
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High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...
05 August 2020
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New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
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04 August 2020
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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
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The huge backlog of eviction and other cases anticipated in the coming months will be helped by the creation of a...
03 August 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...
03 August 2020
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A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...
31 July 2020
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The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...
30 July 2020
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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
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Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...
29 July 2020
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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
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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
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A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...
23 July 2020
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Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...
22 July 2020
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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
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The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
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Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...
14 July 2020
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Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...
10 July 2020
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Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...
10 July 2020
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The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or...
09 July 2020
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Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...
09 July 2020
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Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...
08 July 2020
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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
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03 July 2020
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The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...
03 July 2020
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A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...
03 July 2020
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A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...
02 July 2020
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London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
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A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...
29 June 2020
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The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...
25 June 2020
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A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...
25 June 2020
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A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...
24 June 2020
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New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
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The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...
22 June 2020
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A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...
22 June 2020
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Average room rents in the capital have dipped seven per cent compared to this time last year according to a flat-sharing...
22 June 2020
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New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...
15 June 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall. Data from Hamptons International...
15 June 2020
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PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...
15 June 2020
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Knight Frank is the latest agency to produce evidence that the lettings sector has rebounded in the four weeks since the...
11 June 2020
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Harrow council in north London has launched a formal consultation on its plan to renew its landlord licensing scheme in the...
11 June 2020
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The current restriction on Airbnb-style short lets to 90 nights a year in London could spread to other cities - and...
08 June 2020
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More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...
05 June 2020
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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
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An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...
04 June 2020
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A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...
01 June 2020
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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
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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...
29 May 2020
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The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
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A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...
26 May 2020
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Marsh & Parsons, the LSL-owned London chain, has appointed a litigation firm for Covid-19 support to its Lettings team. A statement from...
26 May 2020
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** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...
25 May 2020
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An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...
22 May 2020
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The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...
22 May 2020
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Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...
20 May 2020
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The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
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Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...
20 May 2020
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Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...
19 May 2020
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A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...
18 May 2020
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A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...
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
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Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...
13 May 2020
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A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities. Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...
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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A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...
12 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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An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...
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
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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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The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...
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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London-focussed agency Chestertons has become the latest business to use the teclet platform to manage tenancy, renewal and management processes. Around 40...
01 May 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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The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...
29 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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A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...
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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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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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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...
22 April 2020
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A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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

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 Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 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

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...
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

New tenant data has revealed that the average age of renters living in shared properties in London has risen five years...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...
02 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

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There are few silver linings to today’s Coronavirus crisis but there’s a heroic effort being made by a short let accommodation...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice. A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

We imagine many agencies have encountered acts of kindness from their clients in recent days - and agents themselves are going...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot by HomeLet shows that average rents across the UK are still not breaking through the £1,000...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s steady-as-she-goes in the rental market according to the latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods dropped slightly in...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Two bedroom properties produce the best yields for buy to let investors according to the latest research. Lettings management platform Howsy has...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary. Home Made, which operates...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent developers says it is specifically targeting certain tenant types for one of its...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

London agency Keatons has acquired a nearby independent rival, JD Property. JD Property’s staff have already been relocated into Keatons existing office in Deptford. This is Keatons' third acquisition in three years and now...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot provided by HomeLet shows that the average rent across the UK as a whole is now...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A new concept of co-living is being offered on a rental basis at a new purpose-built development in west London. The firm...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Enfield council in London has confirmed that it will introduce borough-wide additional licensing. It is also seeking consent from the government to...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...
06 February 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has ended up with fines totalling over £90,000 after repeatedly ignoring a council’s selective licensing regime. Stephen Ige pleaded guilty...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...
17 January 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency admits that the proportion of net income required to cover rent has hit 75 per cent in some...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord. Five out of the...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading providers in the hyper-competitive deposit alternative niche has made a bid for support from London tenants by...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank forecasts cumulative rental growth of 11 per cent in prime outer London and 10 per cent in prime central...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has calculated that with many landlords exiting the buy to let market, the number of homes available to rent has...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

London as a whole has seen rental stock plummet by 22 per cent in just one year according to a market...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged of the long-term scheme to site Build To Rent homes at Transport for London tube stations and...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a steep rise in the costs of landlord joining a compulsory licensing scheme operated by Labour-controlled Nottingham city council. The...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Flat-sharing website Ideal Flatmate has raised £2m in a funding round in order to expand to seven new cities in the...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Canary Wharf is the latest prime area of London to secure a Build To Rent scheme. 10 George Street, by Canary Wharf...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

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

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise. Specifically, the...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says the supply of new lettings properties in prime central London is likely to slow - and as a...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A new report from Knight Frank shows how the country’s most expensive lettings market - prime central London - has boomed. The...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The growing deposit alternative sector continues to be ultra-competitive with 15-branch agency Kings Lettings signing up to Zero Deposit. Kings Lettings operates...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
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Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A co-founder of a room rental PropTech service says there’s no clear evidence yet that the fees ban introduced in April...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior Labour housing spokesman is urging the government to press on with plans to outlaw the use of Section 21...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Agent and co-founder of new end of tenancy PropTech solution The Depositary, Kristjan Byfield, has spoken to Letting Agent Today about...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings platform teclet has announced its latest API partner - and says more will be revealed in the coming months. The partner...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Two London agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour two compensation awards. The first is Chase...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings sector trade body says evidence shows the direct payment of benefit to landlords is the biggest possible contribution...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender. The...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants. A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Cobbletons - a portal dedicated to advertising only prime off-market properties - has teamed up with the lettings division of high...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...