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February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

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

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

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

Foxtons has worked with house builders the Berkley Group to connect Asia Pacific buyers and landlords with UK property. The initiative, held...

London property data business LonRes has launched an app. By downloading the app users can search for properties – for sale or...

A high profile London lettings agency says some owners of properties in prime areas of the capital have seen capital appreciation...

The London agency Bective says the prime areas of the capital have enjoyed an eight per cent uplift in rental values...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...

A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

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

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

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

There’s been a dramatic 37 per cent rise in rental instructions for prime properties in the capital during the first quarter...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

A London property firm must repay no less than £60,000 in rent after a council obtained a Rent Repayment Order against...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...

Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...

Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...

The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...

A London council is inviting letting agents in its boundaries to a briefing session tomorrow morning ahead of the introducing of an...

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

Research by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has identified that some 93% of local authorities have failed to issue a...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                             What is The World Property Network...

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...

An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...

An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...

It appears that Wandsworth Council has backed away from a decision to implement a new landlord licensing scheme.   Research by London Property...

Two training seminars geared towards letting agents operating in London are being organised for the autumn.    Organised by the National Approved Letting...

Letting agents are being invited to join landlords and local authority rental housing experts in a Twitter debate on private rental...

A property company managing an HMO in prime central London has been £47,900. The fine is in relation to 24 charges under...

Transport for London - which last year admitted it may enter the fast-emerging Build To Rent sector - has listed 13...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

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A property consultancy specialising in licensing regimes for privately-let properties says there have been 580 housing prosecutions in London under the...