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![Tories’ Section 24 tax change leaves some “with precarious finances”](/upload/images/shutterstock_2123306888.jpg)
A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get Stuck In! - Agents told to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_2250668215.jpg)
Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Rights Bill promised by government in blizzard of new laws](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour has a mandate to help renters become buyers - PropTech claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy(F)Landlord-400x310.png)
The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most self-managing landlords regard property as their full time job](/upload/images/shutterstock_2022462029.jpg)
Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Developer creates lettings agency for its own schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters increasingly reconciled to not owning a home in future](/upload/images/shutterstock_87219307.jpg)
Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s big idea to shift first time buyers from rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO award winners revealed - are you amongst them?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Timers stuck renting because of lack of understanding - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1007757514.jpg)
A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Second homes and incomer buyers are good news - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Demand slows as agents warn about unsustainable rent rises](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Cheaper to buy than rent in every major British city - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional Property Awards - the search is on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting cheaper than owning for most first time buyers says Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ground Rents U-turn hailed ‘a victory for common sense’](/upload/images/shutterstock_787659988.jpg)
What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Advice for agents on tenants with banned dog breeds](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/ManWithDog-400x310.png)
Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Investor and landlord purchases rise, despite soaring taxes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1210308844.jpg)
The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New agency franchisee has pub and decorating business experience](/upload/images/shutterstock_2319504085(1).jpg)
Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage experts predict boost in buy to let lending this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage%20approvals%20down%20MortgageApplication_400x310.png)
Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figure reveals tax burden paid by private rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors warn: Landlords can’t keep their heads above water](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Connells launches rent-to-buy scheme to shift new build flats](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![It’s a record! Sixth office opened by ambitious franchise owner](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy. The branch is the sixth Belvoir...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public optimistic about housing market despite feeling worse off](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foot Off The Gas - boiler ban deadline may be eased](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BoilerInspection_1-400x310.png)
The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Student rental accommodation - key provider aims for growth](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/StudentResearch2-695x395.jpeg)
A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Threat of pets in lets shows need for inventories - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls backfire - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent operator plays the ‘pets in lets’ card](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/WomanWithDog-400x310'.png)
Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Holiday Lets contribute to soaring costs of coastal homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2%20shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buying agent reports landlords willing to sell at a loss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Shelter angry at Hunt’s ‘nothing about housing’ Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should first time buyers be tempted into buy to let investment?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket to launch third new PropTech solution](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertySearch-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Overseas owners urged to register with Companies House soon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
The Register of Overseas Entities, which came into force back in August, requires all overseas entities owning property in the UK...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grabs - might Tories lose support because of CGT penalties?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Down They Go - House prices to drop to mid-2021 levels says agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Too Dear! London tenants say housing in the capital is unaffordable](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
More than a quarter of renters responding to a survey say they are considering leaving the city within the next 12...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Soaring mortgage costs make it almost as dear to buy as to rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning - a change from previous research...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog probes advertising for part-rent part-buy homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/balgores%201%20-%20Copy.jpg)
The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes. In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renting cheaper than buying after latest interest rate rises](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Angels%20Sales%20%20Lettings%202019%20(360x280).jpg)
The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...
20 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla backs rental reforms despite agents’ reservations](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![More choosing to rent long-term - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/can-we-panic400x310.png)
A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Credit Rating - Tenants have little understanding of how it works](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Internet-400x310.jpg)
Many private renters are misguided on what actually contributes to their credit score and thus may not be taking the correct...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Grants available for Electric Vehicle chargers on rental properties](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
Owners of some rental properties, and agents acting on their behalf, can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let benefits quantified - thank goodness for capital appreciation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shocking numbers of tenants hide pets from agents and landlords](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(2)-400x310-min.jpeg)
It’s suggested that almost a third of pet-owning tenants have been hiding their animals from agents or landlords for more than...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Restrict buy to let - Conservative’s shock demand to government](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Conservative-logo400x310.png)
A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Are short lets more dog-friendly than buy to lets](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...
17 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will rental sector benefit from growing pessimism over scale of housing crisis?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Improve rentals as many tenants can’t buy, government told](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Demand soars as tenants leave parents and return to the market](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Interview with Maxine Fothergill, ARLA President](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Renting is terrible? Not at all: for many it’s the preferred tenure…](/img/default/lat.png)
The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![From employee to owner - agency reveals new management](/img/default/lat.png)
A former employee at the Staines-upon-Thames office of lettings agency Martin & Co has returned – as the branch’s new owner. Doreen...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vets want pets in lets - and they want them now](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Hunters boss claims taxpayers’ money for accommodation as MP](/img/default/lat.png)
Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Consolidation Continues: Another independent snapped up](/img/default/lat.png)
Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let expert amongst agency’s latest franchise recruits](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency forecasts Build To Rent completions set to double in four years](/img/default/lat.png)
Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...
03 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Paws for controversy - government wants pet-friendly tenancy contracts](/img/default/lat.png)
The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Record number of buy to let landlord companies set up](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Corona rules: Agents and tradespeople can still visit properties](/img/default/lat.png)
New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency marks 15 years in business by achieving £100m portfolio](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Time for agents to highlight their value](/img/default/lat.png)
The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...
02 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Pressure on for pet-friendly lets as Build To Rent operators cash in](/img/default/lat.png)
Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![No Pets: charities back call for reform of rental regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Corona Fallout: Renters admit they’re less likely to own a home now](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Engagement](/img/default/lat.png)
There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Lettings chief to set out objectives of new rental sector body](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Pet-friendly tenancies could make landlords go walkies - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy agreements to be overhauled to end pet bans](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...
04 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Complex buy to let investments set to become more popular next year](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Mandatory licensing, long tenancies, rent controls advocated by LibDems](/img/default/lat.png)
The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of renters believe they will never own a home](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report. While...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Exodus begins as landlords set to sell-up, warns Rightmove](/img/default/lat.png)
New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Crooked lettings agent in court again after row over solicitors](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agent jailed in March for taking £220,000 from tenants and landlords is now in trouble over her legal representation. Heather...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rental demand from older tenants likely to increase in the future](/img/default/lat.png)
New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Labour Right To Buy policy dismissed as “damaging and distorted”](/img/default/lat.png)
As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can letting agents thrive in a growing rental market?](/img/default/lat.png)
With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Replacing leasehold with commonhold: government fails to respond](/img/default/lat.png)
Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Bank scraps 'No DSS' BTL mortgage rule after pressure from ministers](/img/default/lat.png)
The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Long-term renting cheaper than being an owner-occupier - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Crooked letting agent had a Land Rover, Porsche and a Florida home](/img/default/lat.png)
A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stable rents show that buy to let is still sound, says leading agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls and longer tenancies demanded by pressure group](/img/default/lat.png)
Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Stuck renting forever: more tenants say deposits stop them buying](/img/default/lat.png)
Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![A third of Millennials say they'll never own a home](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures show why the rental market is seeing such strong demand. The data shows that some 28 per cent of Britons...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Paws For Thought: should agents and landlords allow pets?](/img/default/lat.png)
The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Brits rent five times longer than expected - but still want to buy](/img/default/lat.png)
A new study has revealed that the average Briton rents four years longer than they initially planned to, because of stubbornly-high...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government tipped to announce tax breaks in return for longer tenancies](/img/default/lat.png)
Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...