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

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...

The headlines from yesterday’s Bank of England announcement are dominated by the base rate rise, but there’s been some unexpected good...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

Rightmove has issued a statement to agents to try to steady the nerves about the housing market following the government’s mini-Budget. Portal...

A leading business consultancy says the Bank of England will once again increase interest rates by twice the minimum permitted. CMC Markets...

A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

There’s a claim today that around one million amateur and professional landlords in the new short lets sector are not adequately...

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

A study by the Romans lettings agency group has highlighted common issues cited by agents and landlords deducting funds from a...

The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Economic uncertainty in China could spill over to cause problems for the student letting sector in the UK, an agent is...