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Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

London courts are failing to cope with the volume of landlord repossession cases according to a trade body. New figures show the...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...

A ginger group that supports the Labour party says the government’s bid to stop pet bans is meaningless and does not...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord.  Five out of the...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...

Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for...

Two long-established lettings and sales agencies on the south coast have merged in a bid to “enhance customer experience.” Smart Property and...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

Oldham council is the latest to seek an extension of a selective licensing scheme beyond its mandatory five year term -...

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

This is our last edition of Letting Agent Today until Friday December 27 and everyone at Angels Media, LAT and the...

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...

The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. That’s...

New data from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents shows how the festive slowdown has hit the market. The number of tenants...

Atlas Residential - a Build to Rent developer with over 75,000 international properties - is partnering with deposit alternative supplier flatfair...

A landlord has been banned for two and half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk by letting unsafe housing. This...

The ESTAS, the national customer service awards recognising the best agents, brokers and suppliers, closes for entry at the end of...

The giant Hunters franchise chain, which has over 200 offices across the UK, Is boosting its technology through a strategic partnership...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

Newton Fallowell, part of the Belvoir Group, has snapped up the Lovelle franchised agency group adding a further 19 offices to...

Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...

Almost 40 per cent of battery-powered smoke alarms failed to activate in residential fires in England in the past year –...

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

The average deposit paid by a new private tenant is now £1,299 according to a new player in the deposit alternative...

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

Longstanding Leeds based property company Adair Paxton has acquired boutique estate agency firm, Hudson Moody Wass. Founded in 2001, Hudson Moody Wass...

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[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...

Fast-growing Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring a long-standing lettings firm. Snapping up Morgans...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...

The owner of two properties has been fined £35,000 for breaches of the selective licensiing regime in his local area.  At a...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties.  Landlord Jack...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...

Agency Express, the board company that monitors the lettings market through demand for its To Let and Let By boards, warns...

A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...

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 steep rise in the costs of landlord joining a compulsory licensing scheme operated by Labour-controlled Nottingham city council. The...

A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...

Two specific elements of Labour’s tax proposals, outlined in its manifesto, could “drive a nail into the coffin of buy to...

High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander.  The capital funding package will be...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

The average rent of a newly let property in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in October according to data from...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise.  Specifically, the...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Lettings agents who diversify to offer tenant liability insurance not only broaden their own business but also increase peace of mind...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...

A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

Labour-run Leeds city council is introducing a licensing scheme which requires landlords to pay up to £825 per property. The deadline for...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...

A landlord has been found guilty of failing to license an HMO - and has ended up with a bill of...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

The typical delay in tenants receiving their returned deposits is “crippling” for many. That’s the view of the Association of Independent Inventory...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

New research suggests that the recent fall in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages may be coming to a halt. Online...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...

A seaside council has issued over £15,000 in fines to owners of unlicensed HMOs.  Torbay council in south Devon adds that “a...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...

A PropTech firm says it is going to eliminate tenant screening costs by 2021 for lettings agents and landlords who use...

There are just a few days remaining for entrants to the UK PropTech Awards - the submission deadline is Wednesday October 23. The...

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

October 31, known as All Hallows' Eve, is now less than three weeks away. While the government continues with its botched Brexit...

Agent and co-founder of new end of tenancy PropTech solution The Depositary, Kristjan Byfield, has spoken to Letting Agent Today about...

A landlord has been fined almost £2,500 for breaching an improvement notice issued by Cambridge City Council. Noelle Salameh was fined after...

A Plymouth sales and letting agency has taken a number of measures to help raise awareness of climate change in its...

A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...

Rental platform Canopy, which allows tenants to rent without a deposit, has announced a new partnership which will allow agents and...

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

Buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage rates continue to drop but at a slower rate than in previous months, according to the latest Property...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act continued its upward curve in August. The...

North east agency My Property Box has announced it has merged with Sandersons Lettings, the firm which gave its founder his...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

A branch of a regional agency has expanded its managed portfolio following its third acquisition in 18 months. CJ Hole Cheltenham has...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

Rightmove has at last completed on its acquisition of tenancy referencing firm Van Mildert, first announced two months ago. The deal, reported...

A PropTech platform devised by Build To Let specialist Grainger is to be used in a bid to differentiate the company from...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

A leading lettings and sales agency in West Sussex is launching a hub-style structure centralising branch activities in a town centre. Michael...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

An agency that specialises in letting and managing properties in one of the country’s investment hotspots is expanding into a new...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

The Tunbridge Wells office of Martin & Co has boosted its managed portfolio by 43 per cent by snapping up yet...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

A new lettings agency has sprung up, catering almost entirely for the burgeoning Airbnb-style short lets market. Shoreside Lettings, based at Cowes...

Private landlords are to be given a month’s rent upfront and 12 months’ membership of a trade body if they sign...

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...

A leading PropTech chief says there is nothing inherently wrong with private tenants being given the right to buy their property,...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...

New research indicates that the majority of property investors in the UK have their plans on pause for the next six...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

Two London agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour two compensation awards. The first is Chase...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

A landlord who failed to provide information regarding a buy to let property has been fined £2,080.  Tenants contacted Colchester council in...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...

A PropTech firm says it has calculated the true cost of being a buy to let investor.  Howsy says the average landlord...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

An influential think tank says Capital Gains Tax on buy to let properties and second homes should be levied at the...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents wants agents and tenants to have access to the government’s high profile but so far...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

Belvoir says consolidation between lettings and sales agencies across the industry is likely to increase as a result of greater regulation...

Void periods have fallen to record lows across the UK in August, with average voids standing at just 11 days.  The data,...

Property management platform Howsy has revealed new funding to the tune of £5m - and it now claims to be one...

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

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

With the country in febrile election mode, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Association of Residential Letting Agents has got in on...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

A London-focused PropTech startup has just won another £7m in funding. Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly to...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in July according to data just produced...

A PropTech lettings platform is claiming to be valued at over £2.8m. Inadash describes itself as an “on-demand marketplace” which via an...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month.  The company...

One of the suppliers in the fiercely competitive world of deposit alternatives has introduced an ‘unlocking deposits’ option. From today, Zero Deposit...

Activity in the lettings market has picked up over the summer after a surprising lull in the spring, according to the...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released a five point plan on how the public can choose a letting agent. 1....

A new rental option for landlords could see them receiving an upfront annual lump sum of over £10,000. The Advanced Rent Option...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

What is your business?    Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...