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Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

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

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence.  The local portal...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

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

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

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

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

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

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

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

Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

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

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

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

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

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

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...

A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

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

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

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

Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

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

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...

Propertymark has urged the government to take the potential Help to Buy ‘timebomb’ seriously. The news comes as London lettings agent Benham...

Propertymark has called on the government to reintroduce the Empty Homes Programme following the latest news that England has a growing...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

Husband-and-wife team John and Shirley Ounsworth have completed on the acquisition of Osprey Lettings. The couple - who run a Northwood franchise...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

Increasing numbers of landlords are considering instructing lettings agents for the first time because of increased red tape and the complexity...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

The Financial Times, using sources in the Parliamentary Conservative party, are blaming some Tory MPs for blocking the route of the...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

A lettings agency has removed a video of an apartment where a murder took place, following an approach by a national...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

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

HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

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

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

Tenants seeking a way to buy a home have been given at least slightly reassuring news by Rightmove. The portal says the...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

Agency group My Property Box is continuing its long-term partnership with Darlington FC as sleeve sponsors for the 2023/24 season. The Darlington-headquartered...

TV property guru Phil Spencer is urging lettings agents to prepare for a surge in the number of older tenants and...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...

The directors of Winkworth are warning shareholders of a challenging period thanks to higher and faster-raising interest rates - with only...