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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...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

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

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

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

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

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

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...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

Two estate agencies in the same city have merged - but it means one long-standing agency’s name will disappear. The Leicester firm...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days.  The data,...

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...

The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index, looking at the market’s performance in June, has revealed year on...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...

A lettings agency in the West Midlands is reported to have closed its two offices at short notice, leaving clients angry...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...

A local authority in the Midlands has admitted what many people have believed for some time - despite a slew of...

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

East Midlands estate and lettings agency John German has revealed that it’s snapped up an independent based in Derby - Sowter...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

The proportion of homes let by an overseas based landlord has more than halved in the last eight years according to...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the company calls “buoyant figures” for the UK lettings market in October.  Following a...

Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...

Some industry observers say letting agents and Build To Rent are daggers drawn, but one agency in the Midlands is having...

First the good news - investors are still purchasing buy to let properties; the less good news is that it’s a...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...

Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...

The lettings market is looking distinctly healthier now than a month ago according to data just released by board company Agency...

A lettings agent says she is returning to a High Street franchise agency group to help her combat competition from online...

The average rent in the UK is now £919, up two per cent on the same time last year according to...

Rental growth in England, excluding London, was just 1.18 per cent over the last year, the slowest annual rate since April...

A campaign opposing the government’s recent tax changes which have penalised buy to let investors has taken a leaf out of...

Repair and maintenance management software firm Fixflo and emergency contractor supplier AXA Partners are rolling out a pilot scheme for lettings...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

Midlands-based SDL Group has announced the sale of a Birmingham residential lettings portfolio to Lomond Capital. SDL Property Management now focuses on...

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...

Board company Agency Express says the buoyant start to the year’s lettings market has given way to a slowdown. In its February...

Rents in the UK grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

The latest figures from LSL Property Services suggest that rents have increased across the UK by an average 2.5 per cent in the...

The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...

Lettings agency IPS Estates is partnering with Midlands auction specialist SDL Auctions to sell tenanted properties online. IPS Estates, based in Derbyshire, will...

The average cost of renting a home is now rising across every UK region for the first time in almost two...

Liverpool and Nottingham are the UK’s best performing property investment locations, according to mortgage broker Private Finance.  Both cities enjoy average rental...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

Latest data from HomeLet suggests that typical rents across the UK have fallen in real terms over the past 12 months. Average...

Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...

The annual rate of rental growth picked up in November, with the cost of a new let across Great Britain rising...

Rendall & Rittner, a major operator in the residential block management sector, has completed its purchase of Braemar Estates from the...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

The annual rate of rental growth slowed between September and October according to Countrywide. The cost of the average new let in...

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...

Countrywide says a record 64,672 tenants left London over the last 12 months with an unusually-high proportion going on to rent elsewhere. Some...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

A Leicestershire agency chain has acquired a rival Leicester-based independent.  Whitegates, which has offices in Loughborough, Mountsorrel and central Leicester, has acquired...

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...

July’s activity data from board company Agency Express has revealed a significant slowdown in the number of rental properties coming on...

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...

A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who...

Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...

A lettings and sales agency in the West Midlands has merged with its franchise outlet.   Lawsons was founded by Sally Lawson in...

Leaders and Romans have announced that both brands are seeking to expand this year through acquisitions following what they call "a...

A new study of landlords reveals that far more believe they will be affected by today’s buy to let mortgage interest...

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales.   The average...

Sigma Capital, one of the earliest investors in the UK Build To Rent sector, is creating a new brand called Simple...

An immigration minister has revealed that 91 landlords have been issued with civil penalties since the Right to Rent scheme was...

Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...

Rents across the UK grew by a modest 1.12 per cent in 2016 according to buy to let lender Landbay -...

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...

An East Midlands estate agency has opened its third lettings office, saying the rental market has 'defied expectations'. Richard Watkinson and Partners,...

Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do.   That is the result of a...

An industry group is advising agents and landlords to be vigilant against a problem that has been stopping vendors selling their...

The latest data from board company Agency Express’ Property Activity Index has shown a larger than usual summer fall in the...

An enterprising letting agency in the east Midlands is to stage a series of events under the title The Future of...

The problem of cannabis ‘farmers’ using privately rented properties to mass-produce the drug is at its worst in the West Midlands,...

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow.   Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...

Rents for individual rooms to let are rising fastest in Swansea, Bradford, Portsmouth and Swindon, with all of these locations seeing...

More than half of tenants would move or consider moving to a different town or city in order to buy a...

Latest data from board company Agency Express suggests that last month’s lull in the lettings market was short lived - although...

The Belvoir franchise letting agency group has taken the unusual step of calling for clarity on government migration policy.   Belvoir managing director...

In the three months after the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on April 1, landlord purchases accounted...

Mortgage firms insisting on landlords proving their rental income could cover 145 per cent of their monthly payments could lead to...

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...

Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...

Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet.  Data shows that rents agreed on...

The burgeoning Build To Rent sector has received another shot in the arm with news that regeneration specialist Sigmas is setting...

A landlord has been fined almost £25,000 for a series of failings relating to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Birmingham-based Salih...

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...

The frenzy of investor purchasing of buy to let units ahead of the stamp duty surcharge deadline has led to an...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

HomeLet’s monthly rental market monitor shows that rents are still rising across the UK.  It says rents on new tenancies outside of...

The government is planning to update its Right To Rent guidance following the roll out of the scheme across the country,...

A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...

Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...

A Liberal Democrat peer has accused the government of being “a bit rich” in its willingness to jail letting agents or...

Rents in Greater London for new tenancies are rising at the slowest rate for almost two years.  Data from HomeLet shows rents...

A survey of 5,000 landlords suggests that 50 per cent of them are not prepared for the introduction of Right To...

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...

The Home Office has issued a statement overnight saying letting agents and landlords can begin the controversial Right To Rent checks...

Rightmove says tenants serious about wanting to buy could do themselves a favour by flatsharing - and save themselves £210 a...

A new portal has been launched to publicise possible student investment properties. At the moment it has under 30 properties, almost all...

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...

Tenants in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly...

The published results of the Right to Rent pilot scheme are disappointing and mostly unhelpful insists the Association of Independent Inventory...

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...

Right To Rent checks will become mandatory in England from February 1st, the government has announced. Under the new rules, landlords who...

After six months of annual rent price rises of 10 per cent plus the latest HomeLet index shows rent prices have...

The Immigration Bill containing controversial Right To Rent measures has been given a second reading by the House of Commons despite...

Another independent sales and lettings agency group has been snapped up by Belvoir, which takes it over the 200-office threshold. The 16-office...

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...

Rents across England and Wales have dipped by 0.1 per cent and now stand at an average of £803 per month. Annual...

Who are you?     Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has taken Shelter to task for what it describes as “emotionally charged” media statements about alleged harassment...

Right To Rent immigration checks is leading to a situation where lawful tenants are being refused housing according to the Residential...

The Right To Rent pilot project has forced letting agents and landlords into ‘increased racial profiling’ according to the Joint Council...

In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is to take part in an urgent meeting called by the Home Office on the...

More and more agents are witnessing increases in the cost of renting, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Its latest...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

A lawyer has raised the spectre of letting agents and landlords possibly facing accusation of discrimination when the government’s Right To...

A lettings and sales agent in the Midlands has renewed his appeal for help following an apparent arson attack on his...

The controversial Right To Rent immigration checks on tenants conducted by letting agents and landlords in the West Midlands since early...

Property consultancy Daniel Watney LLP is the latest industry operator to label the government’s Right To Rent immigration checks as unworkable,...

The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...

Leaders has just completed its biggest acquisition deal to date, taking its UK-wide branch network to 99. It has acquired Derby’s agency...

The National Landlords Association says next month is the next key date for the roll-out of the government’s controversial immigration checks...

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Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK.  Direct...

A landlord has been ordered to pay fines adding up to over £6,600.  Balwinder Singh Dhadwal was prosecuted at Dudley Magistrates’ Court...

The head of lettings at Carter Jonas has warned the government not to rush ahead with a national rollout of immigration...

An East Midland lettings agency sold to Countrywide in what is reported to be a seven-figure deal. Underwoods has been trading for...

Countrywide Residential Lettings has announced another expansion with the purchase of PIP Lettings in the East Midlands. Countrywide says this another step...

The general election result was greeted with a sigh of relief throughout the lettings industry. Thanks to the Conservatives' victory, the threat...

With the Conservatives now having an overall majority, there is speculation that the pilot immigration checks which letting agents and landlords...

Letting agents have received another warning from legal experts to familiarise themselves with new legislation introduced just before MPs broke up...

The Labour party’s proposals to cap rent rises with inflation and insist on three year tenancies in the private rental sector...