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Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

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

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

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

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

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...

Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

Off-plan new build properties - at one time a solid favourite amongst landlords - are now falling out of favour with...

A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...

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

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...

High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

A new player in the Build To Rent sector says it’s targeting locations in the London commuter belt with chronic supply...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

The Lomond Group - which has ambitions to become a national operation - has announced two further acquisitions for one of...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A developer says its new state-of-the-art sales centre in Hong Kong in set to boost Chinese investment in London. Galliard, the developer...

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has announced two new Build To Rent developments. The company has acquired Exmouth Junction in...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

New figures from the National Home Building Council suggests the popularity of detached properties has soared during the pandemic - prompting...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, says its new Build To Rent scheme in Leeds has set a record for...

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

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

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

A 24-year-old Chinese heiress has rented a property for what is said to be a record £1.55m a year.  The heiress, who...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users.  The partnership with...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

A Build To Rent scheme of 322 flats will include a 34 storey tower, it’s been revealed. Developer and property management firm...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

A lettings management company has been selected by a Far Eastern developer to manage units on a new 756 home scheme...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

HSBC says its unable to accept any new buy to let mortgage applications during the Coronavirus crisis. The same applies to applications...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

  Zoopla says its new digital ‘guide’ programme has been a tremendous success and is evidence that the portal’s investment in new...

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about an advertisement which claimed a flat was just a one...

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...