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05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Private renters make up one-in-five homeless - charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648(1).jpg)
Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech big names link up for lettings webinar tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Developer creates lettings agency for its own schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove slams major parties for ignoring growing housing crisis](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1).jpg)
In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![We’re Looking For Agencies To Buy - unusual statement from firm](/upload/images/shutterstock_1132842653.jpg)
Pattinson Estate Agency has taken the unusual step of saying it’s looking for rival lettings operations to buy. The family-owned agency is...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour must come clean on Business Rates, says agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_414153883.jpg)
A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove hits back at critics after Renters Reform Bill wins key vote](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![City Build To Rent Schemes - two new announcements](/upload/images/shutterstock_1656368827.jpg)
Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide demands four tax changes to help the private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency pays £20,000 to employee for Injury To Feelings](/upload/images/shutterstock_409135339.jpg)
A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beware 1% Deposits - Knight Frank lays into government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rents nearing ‘affordability ceiling’ - but no new supply in sight](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Union slams Bank decision as workers face high rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_651677062.jpg)
A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![London Mayor capping some student rents in the capital](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning over rechargeable device fires in rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank warns that Rwanda controversy could force early election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seasonal trends return to lettings market after ‘unusual’ recent years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Britain in grip of mould crisis, property industry body claims](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647(1).jpg)
Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Data Predicts Bumper Christmas Lead Bonus For Agents Who Continue Marketing](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/news-165127.png)
Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...
24 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Just Open: Hub and Back office HQ for innovative agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency slams four councils for policies which directly hit rental supply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb woos Labour saying short lets can be “lifeline”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told to set ‘tracker’ rents that rise with interest rates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Union urges government not to give in to private rental experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Police warning to check rental units for cannabis factories](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Police are encouraging letting agents and landlords to regularly check properties following the discovery on a cannabis factory. Police attended the address...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another Interest Rate Rise On The Way - leading expert warns](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS warns tenants - rents will rise further despite cost of living crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
There’s a blunt warning to renters this morning from the man behind the monthly lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Game, Set and Coaching - Agency guru’s link with Roger Federer](/upload/images/shutterstock_1802035477.jpg)
Property Academy guru Peter Knight has made an unusual revelation in a new podcast - he’s told of his link to...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock at size of fall in landlord instructions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Stormy%20weather%20for%20homebuyers%20Introducer%20today%20team%20LandlordNews.png)
The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Working From Home still a major factor for UK housing](/upload/images/shutterstock_1692360436.jpg)
Agents whose rental properties became workplaces during the pandemic are unlikely to see any major change in the situation soon. That’s because...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![High rents push more first timers into buying - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says. Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property report bonus for agents hiring outsourced Viewbers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![5 regular checks to keep any rental portfolio in tip-top shape](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/rental-portfolio-maintenance%20(1).jpeg)
Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...
24 April 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Message to Gove: EPC rule changes “devastating” for rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge staff churn as agents scramble for higher pay](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested. The most...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians blasted for ‘lack of balance’ in private rental sector policies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Warns Tenants - political posturing may push up rents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about future changes to EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsman rules on tenants with children discrimination case](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Plunging Pound means foreign investors bag buy to let bargains](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand still on the rise as RICS calls for Budget help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency gives every employee £750 cost of living help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_712767091.jpg)
An agency is giving every one of its 600 full time employees a £750 one-off payment to help with the cost...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Online agency’s unusual move to establish a lettings division](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFi-400x310.png)
The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ message to government - boost supply to end housing shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Construction-400x310.png)
Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...
01 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb issues consumer warning about scams](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand set to rise as first time buyer numbers drop sharply](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market continues to fly, says latest RICS survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...
08 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![We want higher council tax for second homes, says lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents must do more to create ‘culture of safety’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomin is Bust - liquidators called in](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Cuts take effect immediately](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessResults-400x310-.jpg)
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons banks on new boss to return to past glories](/upload/images/Logos/FoxtonsTo%20Let%20sign695x400.png)
Foxtons has issued a welcome statement to its new chief executive as it seeks to return to past glories. Guy Gittins -...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government backs unusual licensing scheme linked to EPCs](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Soaring student rents - agency insight into university city market](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentHouse-400x310.jpg)
Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![What’s your view on Rental Reform proposals? An unusual invitation…](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Man%20with%20a%20speaker.jpg)
Agents are being invited to comment on the government’s Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. And unusually the invitation comes not from any...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents roar ahead of pre-pandemic levels in prime areas](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices-rise400x310.png)
Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Referencing to suit your needs, from FCC Paragon](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/FFC%20Paragon/360x280bl%20(003).jpg)
Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...
22 June 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Higher taxes on empty homes? OK with us, says Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Tax-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb giving vouchers to encourage more short lets in key cities](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HandingOverKeys-mio-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech pledge to agents - this platform is the alternative to a bank](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agents’ bootcamp back with a bang](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/landlord-licencing400x310.png)
A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang. Agent Rainmaker - set up...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![London rental demand up as offices and students return](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Get In Shape - Agent Rainmaker bootcamp back after the pandemic](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Conference1400x310.jpg)
Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp - which aims to focus letting agents on the structure of their business whilst also breaking boards and...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Thank you Michael Gove! Propertymark welcomes arrears fund](/upload/images/library/PropertyManagement-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![New RICS forecast of rising tenant demand and higher rent](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarket400x310.jpg)
Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Demand soars as tenants leave parents and return to the market](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cut Us Some Slack! Politicians told to stop demonising letting agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/The%20Lettings%20Hub/Vince400x310px.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Dispute evidence – don’t throw the kitchen sink at it!](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/DPS_Computer_share/Iron.jpg)
When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...
20 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Rogue tenants – how long has it taken to evict them during Covid?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![HMO has 78 viewings in latest sign of rental market frenzy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand up for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to RICS](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyAgreement400x310.png)
Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the things letting agents hate most (and love most)](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech company has revealed what letting agent hate and love most about their work. On the plus side the RentProfile platform’s...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Private sector could benefit from letting to social tenants - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental market to remain busy throughout 2021 predicts leading agency](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lockdown end makes it vital for agents to assess PropTech needs - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour council warns landlords will be served with ‘anti-social orders’](/img/default/lat.png)
A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Banning Orders: just 39 issued, three years after implementation](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pro-Pet campaigners want damage insurance as option for tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![New portal will list letting agents’ properties for free for one year](/img/default/lat.png)
Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Union protests outside agencies as Goodlord dispute escalates](/img/default/lat.png)
The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Livestream viewing could boost instructions and save thousands - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents told to prepare for complete market lockdown](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Beat Lockdown! Big surge in tenant moves in London, says agency](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Regional agency says unique business model is behind success](/img/default/lat.png)
A regional lettings agency says its better-than-expected 2020 performance is down at least partly to having what it calls a unique...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/lat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/lat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Pandemic changes the lettings market](/img/default/lat.png)
The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent guarantee scheme for private sector launched by council](/img/default/lat.png)
A council says it’s let 21 properties thanks to a rent guarantee system launched to woo private landlords to supply homes...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government tells agents: Be considerate over tenant referencing](/img/default/lat.png)
The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Huge change in tenant priorities thanks to Covid - agency chief](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Negotiate over rent if you must move because of virus, tenants told](/img/default/lat.png)
Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech consolidation as flat-sharing platform snaps up rival](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK-based flat-sharing platform SpareRoom has acquired one of its rivals Roomgo - better known by its previous name of Easyroommate. The...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 year high for lettings viewings according to high-end agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Don’t evict anyone during virus crisis says leading lettings expert](/img/default/lat.png)
A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware - what to do if you suspect a cannabis farm](/img/default/lat.png)
A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...