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Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

Propertymark has outlined an extensive regional programme for next year. It’s going to hold 19 regional events under the #morefor24 campaign slogan. The...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...

Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests tenant demand is rising further with a net...

With the campaign for rent controls gathering momentum from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and sympathetic pressure groups, a right wing Conservative-backing...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...

Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...

PropTech operator Lettingaproperty has won £750,000 to build a new rental platform of landlords and tenants. The cash boost, from the MEIF...

The finance arm of LSL Property Services - known as Pivotal Growth - has snapped up a specialist mortgage service. Pivotal Growth...

Within two hours of Greg Clarke being appointed by Boris Johnson as the new Housing Secretary, the leader of Generation Rent...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation.  Nearly one in...

Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

A suite of new ‘pet-let’ products is to be offered by The Lettings Hub, which already has some 1,000-plus agents on...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...

A new rentals platform claims to have signed up 150 London agencies prior to launch this spring. Findingaplace says it has signed up...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year.  They’re to be held via...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

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...