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The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Media reports in London suggest that Labour’s hyper-active housing spokesman on the Greater London Assembly may be under threat from Jeremy...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

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

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...

Private renters go on fewer holidays, save less money and are more likely to make forced cutbacks than home owners according...

The latest data from Agency Express shows what the board company describes as “a robust start to 2017” as the rental...

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...

A high street letting agent claims that the growth of online agents is a 'false economy'. Fran Mulhall, regional manager for GFW...

Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...

Five new staff have been appointed at Leeds-based Morgans, bolstering the sales division of a company once known solely for its...

Scottish tenants are paying off late rent amid improving household finances, according to Your Move.  As of January the proportion of late...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...

Private sector rents in England and Wales have grown 4.6 per cent year-on-year – the fastest rate of increase since November...