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Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

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

A lettings service called Smarter Rent is partnering with agents and developers to provide what it calls ”“an innovative property rental...

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

A lettings service called Smarter Rent claims to be “an innovative property rental agency with a difference” which lets high quality...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...

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

Grainger, the UK’s largest landlord and a huge player in the Build To Rent sector, says it’s going to implement only...

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

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Agents are being dragged into a debate over whether locals should be given priority to rent or buy, as a result...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

Rightmove says added functionality for its tenant referencing portal is now being tested and will be rolled out later this year. In...

A PropTech referencing service is claiming to offer agents a new revenue stream during void periods.  Vouch says it has created a...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...

The trade body for short lets operators - the Short Term Accommodation Association - says it wants even more travel restrictions...

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

London’s short lets sector has bounced back from the Covid shutdowns and is now stronger than hotels and serviced apartments. That's the result...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...

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

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy.  The service - called COHO - claims...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

A former director at LSL’s Build To Rent division has today been named as head of business development at a London...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

A landlord has been found guilty of failing to license an HMO - and has ended up with a bill of...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

London-focussed lettings agency Portico, which has expanded into the north of England, has identified part of Liverpool as the area where...

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

Lettings agency Northwood has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority to ensure that photographs of a specific property are updated...

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...

More than 77,000 UK landlords will be shelling out a combined £95 million this month, as new occupancy laws come into...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

A landlord has been prosecuted for failing to comply with Improvement Notices on her property and failing to licence her house...

London landlords and letting agents could be missing out on up to £111 million of short-term rental revenue each year, according...

The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

A survey from a specialist rental insurance firm suggests that contrary to popular belief, landlords care more than a little about...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to repay over £5,000 to his tenants for letting an unlicensed House of Multiple...

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

A student landlord has been fined for failing to obtain the appropriate licences for two rental properties. Lisa Chatfield was ordered to...

There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...

A company selling management services for owners short-letting their properties says there has been a 136 per cent rise in the...

A landlord and letting agency have been fined more than £26,000 after being found guilty of housing offences at two properties...

The Resolution Foundation, a think tank, claims that home ownership is far lower than is widely believed to be the case...

What appears at first sight to be a low-level dispute between a landlord and a council has raised what may be...

A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...

A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...

A council has set up an anti-fraud tool to prevent social housing being illegally sub-let under the pretence of being private...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...