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Belvoir has published what it calls ‘a decade of data’ tracking the changes in the private rental sector since 2008, when...

MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

The chief of a PropTech firm says letting agents should consider participating in the growing Build to Rent sector.  Until now, many...

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

New figures show a 30 per cent rise in the past year in the number of Build To Rent units planned,...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...

Policy makers concerned with the private rental sector ignore the needs of older tenants who are regarded as “invisible”. That’s the claim...

New research reveals that only 16 per cent of private tenants positively choose to rent. The study, commissioned by specialist insurance firm...

A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...

The average rental household in London has 2.1 rent-paying tenants, each paying £775 per month, equating to an average property rent...

Increased volatility in the private rental sector and rising costs for landlords and investors have combined to lead to an increased...

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

A quest has started to find the UK’s best landlord who goes the extra mile to ensure tenants receive the ultimate...

Rents in the UK grew by an average, and tiny, 0.69 per cent in the year to the end of February,...

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

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

The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

A trade group says diminishing rates of home ownership amongst younger people shows the need to have a thriving private rental...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

A new website called Vesta has launched aiming to sell investment properties with tenants in place.  The team behind the site describe...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton in order to deliver the city’s first...

Analysis of the latest English Housing Survey data reveals that the private rental sector provides homes to a fifth of the population,...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...

Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...

MPs today discuss the impact of Universal Credit on the private rented sector, in a debate prompted by the Liberal Democrat’s...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

Grainger, which is already the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, is reported to have acquired an under-construction Build To Rent scheme...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

Millennials renting an average-sized property outside of London, who begin their tenancy at age 21, will spend an average of £110,830...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...

Rents across the UK began to shrink for the first time in over half a decade toward the end of 2017,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...

A cocktail of tax reform and tighter regulation is slowing growth across the private rental sector, despite its value hitting a new...

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...

Grainger - Britain’s largest listed residential landlord, which has pledged to invest £850m in Build To Rent - says the rental...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

Legal & General, one of the largest operators in the growing Build To Rent sector, has acquired a 272 acre site...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...

One of the senior figures in the UK’s burgeoning Build To Rent sector has called on the Chancellor to help this...

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

The buy to let sector should prepare itself for issues which may arise if the government goes ahead with its intention...

Latest figures suggest that there are almost 100,000 Build To Rent units either completed, under construction or awaiting planning permission across the...

The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...

Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...

Average rents across the UK rose a modest 0.9 per cent in the year to October, taking the country's average to...

Agency groups have spoken in favour of the government’s call for letting agents to be trained as a mandatory part of...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The Nationwide has set out a comprehensive study of how migrstion impacts on housing demand in the UK, especially in the...

The private rental sector is likely to benefit as a result of first time buyers’ lack of understanding of the timings,...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...

One of the most dramatic changes in the UK’s private rental sector regulations is set to take place in five weeks...

New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...

Only two out of every 10 private rental sector landlords say they are willing to let to tenants in receipt of...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

Agents have until November 24 - two days after the next Budget - to submit evidence to the latest probe into...

The powerful and all-party Communities & Local Government Select Committee of MPs has launched a new enquiry into improving the quality...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...

The increasing number of renters and low interest rates for existing home owners mean that the total rent bill is now...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...

A new survey by a property insurance firm suggests more than half of private rental sector tenants have remained in the same...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

Even those earning average salaries risk being priced out of the lettings market by high rents according to an insurance agency.    Research...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...

  Agency Express says there has been a bounce in the number of new lettings listings across the UK.   Following unusually slow activity...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents.   Some 42 per...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,.    It says thousands...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...

The Residential Landlords Association has secured a £1.5m funding pot from energy company E.ON - the only such funding dedicated solely...

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

The number of landlords has fallen over the last two years despite a rise in supply of homes available to rent,...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...

Redwood Bank, an online institution which says one of its target customers is the professional landlord within the private rental sector,...

A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...

The Bank of Mum and Dad isn’t just a phenomenon in the sales market - new research shows it’s a growing...

A new Build To Rent scheme from specialist developer Get Living is to charge from £410 a week for units at...

Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...

New figures compiled by the British Property Federation chronicle the continuing growth of Build To Rent across the country.    The BPF says...

The boss of a lettings agency in London says there is a need for the private rental sector to become more professional...

The number of tenants entering the market across the UK has risen by 7.3 per cent on the month - but...

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...

An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...

Redbridge council in London is offering 50 per cent off the cost of its private rental sector licensing scheme until September...

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

LSL Property Services has unveiled PRSim, its new brand offering services to the burgeoning Build To Rent sector.   PRSim offers “data, consultancy and...

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet.    It says the average new tenancy signed during...

New government figures reveal that there are 80,855 Built To Rent homes either completed or planned.    It says investment in this element...

Specialist mortgage lender Skipton International says it has received over £500m of expat mortgage enquiries for UK buy to let property...

New data from a survey of tenants suggests demand for the private rental sector looks set to be high for the...

Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...

The Residential Landlords Association has established the Private renting Evidence, Analysis & Research Lab - PEARL - to better inform policy-making...

Campaigning charity Shelter - which last week suggested landlords were more likely to quit buy to let because they grew old...

The reasons behind ‘landlord churn’ - when buy to let investors sell up - are more connected with personal circumstances than...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written an angry letter of protest to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation following the publication of what...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...

There’s been a cooling in the lettings market in the early part of summer - a time when the sector is...

The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...

The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...

Private renters aren’t pressing agents and landlords to carry out repairs to their home over fears they’ll be evicted, claims Citizens...

Letting agents need to modernise and digitise to prepare for a surge in the size of the private rental sector according...

Landlords continue to look for cheaper, higher-performing properties according to the results of an index produced by Mortgages for Business. An analysis...

A new charter has been launched to promote the rights of tenants in a London borough where, for the first time...

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has commissioned buy to let expert Kate Faulkner to assess issues in the private rental sector -...

The UK-wide property management firm and private rental sector specialist has rebranded its lettings agency service as Touchstone Agent Solutions.   The firm...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender LandBay has teamed up with financial services giant Legal & General to provide a new...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has been told in no uncertain terms by the government that changes to Energy Performance Certificate scheduled...

The average rent of a new letting in the UK grew by 0.24 per cent in the first six months of...

The latest investigation into the ability of the private rental sector to meet the needs of the population is calling for...

Over half the value of buy to let lending in the second quarter of this year was provided to limited companies...

A minister at the Departrment of Communities and Local Government has set out the government’s position in terms of the fire-related...

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...

Barbon Insurance Group, owner of HomeLet, today formally launches what it calls a "revolutionary" rent payment system aimed at locking tenants into...

The Residential Landlords Association is urging checks on white goods in privately rented homes following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.    The association is...

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...

The consumer group Citizens Advice says it welcomes the Queen’s Speech confirmation of the upcoming ban on letting agents’ fees levied...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign...

Rents in prime central London are down 4.8 per cent in the past year according to Knight Frank - a slightly...

Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...

Data gathered for a specialist insurance firm suggests that 14 per cent of private tenants have moved in the last five...

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported that its new buy to let lending totalled £556.2m for the six months to the end...

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...

The first letting agents to have completed a new training course aimed at improving services for tenants and landlords have graduated.    Some...

An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

Data from Agency Express suggests that the lettings market is wobbling with a sharp decline in its usual measure - the...

A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...

Almost half of the investors in the private rental sector do not know what the changes in mortgage relief will cost...

A prominent campaigning letting agent has discovered that more than 6,000 tenants in one region alone have complained to local authorities...

Rents on new tenancies in London fell by 1.2 per cent over the past 12 months to April - the first...

The National Landlords Association and Residential Landlords Association have joined forces with Leeds city council to create a new accreditation system...

A survey conducted for a property sales platform shows a very substantial majority of the public against any agents' fees being...

A well known specialist mortgage lender for the buy to let sector, Paragon, has refreshed its offering in the light of...

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has called for the London Mayor’s new rogue agents’ database to be extended to include those...

The Residential Landlords Association has repeated its calls for a new housing court “to speed up justice for landlords and tenants.”   The...

The British Property Federation says it is doing all it can to urge the fledgling Build To Rent sector to fall...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

Over a third of adults are now living in some sort of social or private rental accommodation.    New research from insurance firm...

Build To Rent operator L&Q has delivered another 68 homes in part of a drive which it says will eventually produce...

Private landlords’ net income has risen 39 per cent in the last five years, jumping from £10.8 billion to £15 billion...

You might not want to read this as you’re tucking into an early Easter egg, but an interiors firm has compiled...

A tenant has been tracked down after a year-long exercise and has now picked up the deposit he forgot to collect...

A family-run firm is offering a tenant referencing service involving a face-to-face interview of prospective tenants in their current accommodation.   It claims...

Just over a quarter of all tenants across private and public housing would not say if they had caused significant damage...

Build To Rent operator Essential Living has won planning consent for 221 new homes in Brentford - part of the firm’s...

The remaining overhand of last year’s buy to let buying surge by landlords means the annual rate of rent rises has...

The speed at which rents across are growing has more than halved since a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on second...

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon Mortgages has given an upbeat forecast for the private rental sector, despite the arrival of...

Analysis of the government's latest English Housing Survey figures shows that there’s been a further decline in the home ownership rate...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has written to an immigration minister to express its concern over possible ‘further sanctions’ for landlords who...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has welcomed the new Rugg Review into the state of the private rental sector - but few...

There is to be a new high-level and independent review of the private rental sector in England.   The Nationwide Foundation is funding...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is calling on letting agents in the organisation to contribute to their latest research.    “As part of our...

The chief executive of Andrews Property Group says the government’s three per cent additional homes stamp duty surcharge on buy to...

Research by a lettings sector trade body shows that net growth of units within the private rental sector - that is,...

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

Labour MP Karen Buck has introduced a 10-minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the dangers of Airbnb-style...

Bath is to have a major Build To Rent scheme from Legal & General, believed to be the first development of...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

Private renters go on fewer holidays, save less money and are more likely to make forced cutbacks than home owners according...

The substantial majority of landlords who now use letting agents will continue to do so even if they see their premiums...

In an era when the relationship between local councils, letting agencies and landlords appears permanently fraught, there is good news from...

LSL’s corporate client department, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services, is beefing up its offer to Build To Rent institutional investors...

A BBC survey claims that private sector landlords are more likely to accept potential tenants who own pets than ones who...

Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...

Jackson-Stops & Staff has surprised the industry by announcing its expansion into holiday lettings.    The agency’s Sherborne branch is expanding its residential...

Bristol council has given consent to a 255 unit city centre Build to Rent scheme to be constructed and managed by...

A survey of 1,000 tenants and landlords has provided evidence of what many agents already know - that the growing complexity...

A new report suggests that institutional investment in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector could see the creation of 240,000 new...

L&G, one of the biggest firms involved in Britain’s Built To Rent sector, has named the agency it is appointing to...

Professional independent inventories can save money for landlords at a time when tax changes threaten to make private letting for expensive...

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the government to introduce a raft of new measures including significantly greater regulation of letting...

A new form of agency which wants to blend traditional letting with Airbnb-style short lets has launched in London.    Lavanda claims it...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell is organising a series of regional meetings for property professionals to give him their view of his...

A total of 17 letting agencies have signed up to a rental charter set up by a Labour MP.   Alan Whitehead, Labour...

A new online estate agency based in London says that to rent the recommended space for a single person in the...

Manchester, which already has a major private rental sector licensing scheme, is now consulting on extending it with a third phase...

The need for letting agencies to assist landlords with the increasingly-complicated private rental sector has been hammered home by the results...

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...

Countrywide says that last month the cost of a new let was 2.6 per cent higher than in the same month...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...

The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales.   The average...

The government’s Housing White Paper may have made many broad pledges aimed at the private rental sector, but it still remains...

Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

Wembley Park in north London is to host Britain’s largest Build To Rent scheme yet after Quintain revealed a programme for...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

The Residential Landlords Association has made a last-minute plea for buy to let investors to remain central to the government’s plans...

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...

Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...

There were 26 prospective tenants registered at each member branch of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - the lowest level...

Specialist insurer Direct Line for Business is warning agents and landlords that while winter has so far been relatively mild, February...

A new task group is being set up to explore how a council can tackle what it calls “problems with private...

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...

Gross buy to let lending increased in November to the highest monthly level since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced in...

  The think tank IPPR has called for increased tenant-power within the private rental sector to give renters the kind of clout...

Cushman & Wakefield has added a partner and an associate director to its Residential Investment & Private Rented Sector team.  Fergus Jack,...

Qube Global Software and PropTech start-up Engage have combined forces to deliver self-service portals to residents within the growing Build to...

Rent increases across the UK are now running at an average that is less than half the level of a year...

Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

The Resolution Foundation, a think tank, claims that home ownership is far lower than is widely believed to be the case...

Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...

This is the final Letting Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

The campaigners against planned changes to mortgage interest tax relief - set to come into effect from April, phased over four...

Rents across the UK grew by a modest 1.12 per cent in 2016 according to buy to let lender Landbay -...

Sheffield council claims it receives 2,000 complaints relating to private rental sector conditions each year - and in one month it...

The National Landlords Association has rejected a central plank of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for housing - the introduction of yet more...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...

Around one in 12 properties currently available on the rental market could become un-rentable by 2018 if government energy efficiency plans...

Rents in London rose by just 1.6 per cent over the year to the end of November - the lowest increase...

The head of a major lettings agency in Brighton says fees can work out to be “disproportionately high for tenants” but...

  Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves.    That is the finding of...

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...

The latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests rents will rise in 2017 for one simple reason...

A health and safety product manufacturer is issuing a warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide alarms, citing figures that up...

The fast-growing Build To Rent sector has seen another boost in investment from a major player - Legal & General.    Earlier this week...

The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...

Landlord confidence has returned despite government tax changes to the private rental sector - although research for the survey that produced...

Financial results from Grainger, which is already the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, reveals the potential profits to be made by...

Rents will "unpreventably rise" thanks to the government's proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants and because of its...

The largest Build To Rent deal in Bristol has been announced.  Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, will forward fund, acquire...

Paragon Mortgages’ parent firm, the Paragon Group of Companies, remains bullish about the buy to let sector despite the series of...

There is good news to end a difficult week for the letting agency industry - there’s been a further drop in...

Sigma, a Build To Rent developer, has completed and let its 1,000th rental home - a symbol of this fast-growing part...