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Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

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

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

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

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

Agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in an industry forum on Monday May 15...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning - a change from previous research...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...

Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...

Tenants are paying almost £70bn of rent to landlords a year, research claims. Buy-to-let specialist Sequre Property Investment has found the best...

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

A new estimate put the value of the UK private rental sector at almost £1.4 trillion. Buy to let and investment consultancy...

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

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

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

It’s a conundrum for many, especially those moving to the capital...but portal OnTheMarket claims it knows exactly where it is cheapest...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets.    The move is particularly acute in...

The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

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Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...

The number of new landlords instructing agents is at its lowest for two years - and with worse to come thanks...

New research suggests the UK is on the brink of a large-scale, commercially developed, owned and operated Build To Rent sector. A...

New data from referencing company Equifax Touchstone suggests that this July’s buy to let mortgage lending total is 39 per cent...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

Rents across the UK continued to rise during June, but the first half of 2016 has been characterised by a slowing...

A buy to let property in London is going to be “very difficult to make viable” in the near future unless...

Rents across the UK continued to rise during May but at a decreasing rate, says HomeLet.  Data shows that rents agreed on...

A group of MPs is raising concerns about a claim that 40 per cent of homes sold through the Right To...

The 107,000 overseas students using London’s burgeoning private rental market contribute some £600m annually to landlords, according to research by agency...

Atlas Residential - a US Build To Rent company which operates 18,000 rental units across 13 states valued at a total...

Tenant evictions have reached a record high 11,307 in the first quarter of the year according to government figures. However, the majority...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...

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