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

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

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

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...

Small and medium sized lettings agencies which have had running disputes with banks are being offered a lifeline - but must...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...

Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...

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

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

Belvoir has acquired another independent sales and lettings agency - this time it’s Onwards and Upwards, a firm in the Morley...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents made a short sharp attack on the government last night, over freedom of movement and...

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

The conclusions of a new think tank analysing the private rental sector are “fundamentally wrong” according to a trade body.  The Residential...

A TV station has gone public on revealing what it calls “the world’s worst lettings agency” - but it may not...

One of Scotland’s leading lettings and estate agencies, Galbraith, has given the thumbs up to a new tenancy process introduced north...

One of the most dramatic changes in the UK’s private rental sector regulations is set to take place in five weeks...

New figures compiled by the British Property Federation chronicle the continuing growth of Build To Rent across the country.    The BPF says...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has started work on a TV advertisement to highlight the importance of landlords instructing agents. The...

Rented housing in London is at its least affordable levels for 10 years after typical rent rises of 47 per cent...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...

The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...

The Select Property Group has won planning permission for 506 residential apartments in a prime Manchester city centre location.   The two buildings...

The government is being urged to delay the introduction of new energy efficiency targets in the private rental sector, with a...

Buy To Let mortgage lending grew 17 per cent in 2015 but faces a potential slump after April, according to property...

No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...

Fast-growing agency chain Leaders has two new lettings and sales offices with the acquisition of Aidan J Reed's Leicestershire outlets in...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...