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The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

Propertymark is urging member agents in Wales to attend a so-called Cultural Awareness Course which will explain their responsibilities under the...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Houses in Multiple Occupation are making up an increasing percentage of buy-to-let business, according specialist lender Shawbrook.  In both 2022 and 2023,...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

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

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

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

An MP says owner occupiers are “scared, unable to sleep at night, worried about their safety and even concerned about whether...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a one hour online course explaining the controversial Renters Reform Bill. The aim is to equip letting...

Increased lettings income proved a valuable balance to a declining sales market for The Property Franchise Group in the first half...

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

Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...

An attempt to introducing statutory licensing for Airbnbs and some other tourist accommodation has got a frosty reception. The Welsh Government -...

The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...

Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

A year on from the Elizabeth Line opening, new Rightmove analysis reveals the latest renter trends near stations along the line. The...

Tenant groups are cheering the proposed abolition of Section 21 eviction powers but there’s a legal warning that the reality may be...

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

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...

A team managing tenancies across the UK has clocked up half a century of working together. The staff at Tenancy Management Hub,...

A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...

The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...

The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...

Propertymark’s showcase event this year is to be addressed by a person who is a chartered psychologist, neuroscientist, science communicator, author...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...

Lettings agents will be able to book their exam this week for the new Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Letting...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

Propertymark pledges that an event being held next summer will be “colossal” - and will haver the likes of lettings agents...

The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

OnTheMarket is today revealing another deal for agents - and this time it’s with insurance broker Simply Business. There are four new...

The second largest resale in Belvoir’s history has taken place with the husband and wife behind the Southampton franchise buying Belvoir...

The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...

An online lettings agency claims some properties are receiving up to 50 viewing requests - prompting landlords to pull listings to...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with a PropTech service to provide agents with 3D Showcase scans and 2D floorplans. NicheCom has been...

A new assessment of the private rental sector by guarantor service Housing Hand suggests that tenants paying rent upfront have a...

Lettings platform Vouch and cloud-based software service Alto are teaming up for a webinar. The aim is to offer agents a route...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...

Uncertainty over the coming recession, wholesale reforms of the rental sector, higher interest rates and National Insurance payments are all reasons...

The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...

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

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

A new survey of some 2,000 tenants claims to show a significant level of dissatisfaction over communications with letting agents. The study...

Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...

Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...

Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

PropTech firm Symple has struck a deal to offer its certification services on thousands of properties listed with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Sykes...

A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...

Rightmove hosts its latest anti-money laundering webinar next week. The hour-long session at 10am on Tuesday July 19 - a week today...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

Acquisition is one of the most frequently used words in the lettings sector now as large numbers of agencies are snapped...