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A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
safeagent, the UK’s largest not-for-profit accreditation scheme for lettings and management agents, has appointed John Midgley as chair of its board...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...
08 January 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector. Savills...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country. It says rental...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Council tax premiums being considered in Wales would be insufficient to persuade short let and holiday home owners to move their...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlords must join. This is effectively the...
29 March 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
Connells Group is making a bid to win business in the Build To Rent sector, launching what it calls “the UK’s...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...
15 February 2023
From: Features
A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors. The...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Service claims to be the largest lettings redress service now, with over 13,250 letting agency branches on board. In...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agent has resumed his attack on politicians for failing to build sufficient numbers of social housing properties -...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...
30 December 2022
From: Breaking News
With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the two official redress bodies, the Property Redress Scheme, has announced a beefed up advisory panel with a substantial...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...
10 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Lettings agency Knight Frank has partnered with accessible housing consultancy AccessiblePRS to improve access and inclusion in the UK’s private rented...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A high profile agent has renewed his attack on politicians. David Alexander - who heads up DJ Alexander, part of the Lomond...
14 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has issued detailed guidance ahead of a change in the law around smoke and carbon monoxide alarms coming into...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech platform Goodlord now integrates with the latest API from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to automate tenancy deposit registration and reduce...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...
22 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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
Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions. It’s at...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
The last year was one which none of us will forget both personally and professionally. Every aspect of life has been...
01 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
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
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...