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The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

Lettings agency Hamptons is backing Earth Day tomorrow in partnership with removals firm Doree Bonner International and the charity Mind. As part...

The rapid recovery in London rents post-Covid has seen the capital’s tenants leave in record numbers, according to new research from...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...

Part of the rebranded OnTheMarket suite of PropTech products has announced another partnership, this time to help home movers. Teclet - now...

The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

A new study has revealed that the key reason tenants move between rental properties is to experience a different area. This is...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...

Mortgage Advice Bureau increased revenue by 15 per cent to £49m in the first half of 2017, and reports that the...

London politician Sian Berry - who was the Green Party candidate for the Mayoral elections in the capital in May -...

The complete list of this year’s ESTAS award winners has now been released after a hugely successful ceremony in London hosted...

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...