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More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

Pattinson estate agency in the north east of England has snapped up Ryedales Estate Agents, an independent in Northumberland. Ryedales owners Geoff...

Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...

EweMove, the hybrid agency which is part of The Property Franchise Group, claims it is now an industry-leading business as a...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

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

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

Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

It’s claimed that as many as one in five tenants has lost out in a rental bidding war during the last...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

The fast-growing Lomond Group has announced two lettings book acquisitions in the central belt of Scotland.  Lomond, which has made nearly 50...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

Lomond has consolidated its growing foothold in the lettings sector after sealing its biggest acquisition to date in the Midlands. In what...

A prominent lettings agent says there’s been a definite improvement in rental affordability in most areas - but he doubts all...

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

A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...

Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...

Affordability limits have been reached in several regions of the UK, the Home property website suggests. While some regions are still recording...

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

The Federation of Independent Agents has selected an automated client account platform as a supplier.  The FIA was established in by Graham...

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

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...

A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition...

The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

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

Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes.  However, rents...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...

The new Housing Minister is Lee Rowley - who was a former housing minister during the short lived premiership of Liz Truss. Rowley...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...

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

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Britain has fallen from 15.7 per cent last year to 14.0 per...

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

The government is considering five different options for ground rent as the reform process for the sector begins. The government is committed...

The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...

Strutt & Parker has announced a new National head of lettings. Anna Ambrose brings with her 18-years’ experience within the sector, including...

The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details.  That’s according to...

Goodlord is set to unveil at least 10 upgrades to its platform in a webinar this afternoon at 2pm.  The enhanced platform,...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

PropTech service The Lettings Hub has announced a new strategic partnership with client accounting platform LettsPay.  This follows on from four additional...

Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

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

Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...

One of Scotland’s oldest property and legal brands - Simpson & Marwick - has been snapped up by a newcomer to...

Propertymark has welcomed the government’s commitment to end the practice of council tax of banding single rooms in HMOs, potentially saving...

There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...

Propertymark has pledged its continued support for the annual Smart Meter Awareness Week.  Launched by Smart Energy GB, the UK government-backed campaign...

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

A limited number of tickets are still available for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards.  Olympian Roger Black MBE will appear at the...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

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

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

New data reveals a 68 per cent surge in reports of meter tampering and energy theft during winter. The data - revealed...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

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

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

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

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

A council has launched its own social lettings agency to work with private sector landlords in tackling the record numbers living...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

A lettings and property management platform has broken ranks with much of the industry over the Renters Reform Bill.  While most agents...

Lomond has snapped up another lettings book - it’s of the Royston & Lund agency in the East Midlands. The 600 properties...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...

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

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...