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A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

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

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

Police are encouraging letting agents and landlords to regularly check properties following the discovery on a cannabis factory. Police attended the address...

The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...

There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...

Property Academy guru Peter Knight has made an unusual revelation in a new podcast - he’s told of his link to...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

Agents whose rental properties became workplaces during the pandemic are unlikely to see any major change in the situation soon. That’s because...

The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says.  Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...

Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...

Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested.  The most...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

An agency is giving every one of its 600 full time employees a £750 one-off payment to help with the cost...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...

Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...

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

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

Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...

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

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

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp - which aims to focus letting agents on the structure of their business whilst also breaking boards and...

Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...

Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...

Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...

A PropTech company has revealed what letting agent hate and love most about their work. On the plus side the RentProfile platform’s...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

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

Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...

A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...

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

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...

A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

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

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...

The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate.  The...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...

For many this coming Easter weekend will be the strangest ever - for agents and industry suppliers it will not be...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

A leading Proptech expert says agents must have robust payment systems to cope with the unusual pressure of tracking mortgage and...