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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Automated rental payment service PayProp has revealed a revamped website.  The service described the new site as “a refreshed web presence that...

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

Fast-growing Lomond has snapped up another regional agency - this time one in the Midlands. Centrick - which had a High Street...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually.  The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...