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Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last.   The number of...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

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...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...

The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...

Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease.  Tom Bill, Knight...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...

Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

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

Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...

Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...

Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

An existing Belvoir franchisee in the Midlands has purchased two additional offices in Manchester. Sharanjit Gill of Belvoir Leicester Central now owns...

The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

The average rent in the UK is now at a record high of £1,029, up 6.6 per cent on the same time last year,...

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

London-based buy to let purchasers in the first half of the year have looked outside the capital in high numbers according...

One of the most pessimistic lettings operations about the London market during the pandemic says that at last the capital is...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...

The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

New categories have been added to this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards, to recognise educational success in the industry.  Propertymark Qualifications says that...

A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales.  Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...

There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...

The rental sector bounce back in London and the Home Counties is now underway according to Knight Frank. The agency forecasts rental...

A 360-degree virtual tour supplier says there’s been a 600 per cent increase in use of the technology since late 2019...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

A lettings agency is using its latest podcast to explore the retail-to-resi trend in the housing market. Winkworth’s podcast under The Property...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has made a new call for power to cap private rents. He’s claimed that rents in the...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...

Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

One of the insurers at the centre of the Business Interruption controversy is believed to have reached a settlement with some...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

A poll of over 1,300 renters by a flat share platform suggests that over half have been deterred from moving in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...

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

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

Now is the ideal time for agents to consider their PropTech needs, as lockdown restrictions ease significantly and firms draw up...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...

A 133-unit co-living rental scheme is to be built in the Devon city of Exeter. The scheme will place an emphasis on community living...

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...

The Home Office has told agents and landlords that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand claims there’s been a rise in the number of universities enquiring about white label deals, as...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...

A rival trade body to the Association of Residential Letting Agents has announced what it calls “a robust membership result.” The UK...

The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...

One year on from the beginning of the pandemic, London’s reversal of fortunes in the rental market continues according to the...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

Housing charity Crisis says government statistics show almost one in five private renters in England in arrears or likely to fall...

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

Booming demand for homes in commuter zones and well-connected towns is causing a mini-boom in the lettings market. That’s the view of...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

Franchise giants Belvoir has revealed strong figures in a trading statement to shareholders - but it’s warning that 2021 remains shrouded...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

London lettings and estate agency Benham and Reeves has calculated a league table of the most popular postcodes in the capital...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

'Forward in Unity' is a mural painted by Gent48, a renowned Birmingham street artist. It's situated in the centre of Digbeth...

There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

Rent controls are being discussed again as candidates prepare for May's local elections. In London Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry -...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

Agents must be ready for an influx of new business according to outsourced telephone and live chat service Moneypenny. Its latest figures...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Hi, I’m Kersteen McConnell and I am a Business Development...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic. Thangam Debbonaire made...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

Propertymark - embracing the Association of Residential Letting Agents as well as sales agents, auctioneers and valuers - says it’s been...

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

The campaigning charity Shelter claims 14 per cent of adults in England - that’s six million people - are more worried...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

The week begins with news of another agency acquiring an independent. This time it’s Alexander & Co, a Bedfordshire firm, which has...

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...

A veteran lettings expert says most rental activity will soon be online and conducted outside office hours - a further boost...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

An online petition which appears to inaccurately say private tenants can still be evicted “for no reason” has won 30,000 signatures...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

A huge number of additional transactions completing in the next few weeks due to the stamp duty holiday provides estate agents...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Foxtons says it staged 300,000 virtual viewings last year as the pandemic’s lockdowns and temporary market closure severely restricted physical viewings. Chief operating...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

The Law Society is raising concerns about the government’s mediation scheme announced at the time of the last eviction ban decision. The...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair says it’s set to make big announcements soon - and in the meantime it’s attracted a key...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, Tim Balcon, says he’s putting mental health and wellbeing within the property sector high on...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

Average rents in prime central London fell 13 per cent in the year to January as over-supply still dominated the market, according...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

Leaders Romans Group has announced another acquisition - this time it’s the EuroLet agency at Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire. The single-branch office...

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...

Members of a short lets group are offering free or discounted accommodation to NHS and other frontline workers during this current...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

A trading announcement by Belvoir reveals the company has seen another year of significant growth - its 24th on the trot. The...

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...

Letting agents are being advised by an industry supplier to carry out essential checks now to prepare for a possible housing...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

The government says it’s reviewing the checking process that agents and landlords have to follow under Right To Rent. The revelation has...

The annual ARLA Propertymark conference and exhibition, which wasn’t held at all last year because of Coronavirus, has been pushed back...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Activists from a range of pressure groups have reacted angrily to what they call a half-baked eviction ban announced by the...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

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 Belvoir franchise has agreed on a new partnership with Premiership rugby team, Swansea RFC. The deal means not only will the...

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says it’s to have a second significant...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

Fast-growing regional agency Linley & Simpson has taken over the rental portfolios of two more independent firms. The deal has transferred 750...

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

Chris Hope, senior partner at Dawsons and Fine & Country agencies, will be one of the main speakers at a prestigious...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

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

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health.  Agents will be able to watch live...