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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

A marketing firm says super-speedy virtual tours - similar in duration to many videos on the TikTok social network - are...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Consultation begins today on a selective licensing scheme for privately rented housing in 25 wards of Birmingham. Under the suggested scheme, all...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions.  Bective’s head of...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

Pressure continues to build on letting agents to play a greater role in the adoption of smart meters across the private...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...

Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

With house prices at an all-time high, showing no signs of waning, the age of first-time buyers is on the rise...

The end of the stamp duty holiday today has triggered a reduction in the number of buy to let investors saying...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

New forms have been posted online which must be used by landlords and letting agents from October 1. New legislation regarding eviction...

There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

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

Record demand and low levels of supply have pushed the number of tenants experiencing rental increases to new highs, lettings agents...

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...

The former home of The Yorkshire Post has been turned into a new build-to-rent property by Grainger. The building, one of Leeds’...

Lettings platform Goodlord has opened its doors north of the border.  Agents based in Scotland can now sign up to Goodlord, which...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

An investment firm has flagged up the recently announced move by banking giant Lloyds to enter the private rented sector as...

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

One of the leading estate agency groups in the UK has said it places high value on internal development following the...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. “We welcome today’s...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Lettings agents have highlighted a lack of stock as their main concern, research claims. The latest State of the Lettings Industry report...

Propertymark has called for a return of mortgage interest relief and a review of landlord taxes to boost the rental sector. The...

A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...

More than a third of renters haven’t taken out contents insurance for their possessions. Analysis by insurance provider Trōv has found that...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

A branch of national lettings agency Martin & Co is under new ownership. Landlord and property developer Grant Simpson has purchased the...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

An auctioneer says the strong interest of investors from around the world shows how Buy To Let has a second wind...

ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

Let Tech Solutions, a PropTech firm which now works with more than half of all property managers in Scotland, is expanding...

Specialist property lender Castle Trust Bank has agreed a £13.2m development loan for a Build To Rent scheme within a mixed...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Lettings once again dominated the complaints received by The Property Ombudsman according to its latest annual report - out today but...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

Lomond Group has partnered with PropTech player Goodlord to provide IT services across the group's brands, which include Braemore, Stonehouse, Linley...

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

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...

A prominent lettings agency owner has given his verdict on the concept of charging renters to view a property - “it...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

A bizarre fine imposed on a managing agent by a local authority appears to have been reversed because the council flouted...

Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...

A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...

Tenant demand for private rental property has risen for the fifth consecutive quarter according to the latest market snapshot from the...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

An existing Belvoir franchisee in the Midlands has purchased two additional offices in Manchester. Sharanjit Gill of Belvoir Leicester Central now owns...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and The Institute of Residential Property Management have informed their respective memberships that they are pondering combining forces. The...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Propertymark has given its support to a free and independent dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service, which is being offered to...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

Fixflo has announced a new integration partnership with resident engagement and building management software provider Spike Global. Fixflo manages about 1.2m units...

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

Lettings income has played a major part in the upswing in income for the Belvoir Group, reported to shareholders in its...

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

The rate at which holiday let businesses is being set up has more than doubled during the pandemic according to the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

More details have emerged of the Guild of Property Professionals’ Ofqual-accredited, Level-Three and Level-Four qualifications for lettings and sales agents. Guild compliance...

Propertymark wants agents to come forward with examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement...

A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

A respected buy to let mortgage monitor is suggesting that investors in the sector may be more successful if they allow...

The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...

The franchisee of a new Martin & Co branch in his hometown has opened with the recruitment of five new staff. Hamza...

A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

A new partnership with a PropTech supplier means Purplebricks is now offering landlord clients improved compliance over energy efficiency and other...

The government has updated its guidance for agents, landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

New categories have been added to this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards, to recognise educational success in the industry.  Propertymark Qualifications says that...

The rental sector bounce back in London and the Home Counties is now underway according to Knight Frank. The agency forecasts rental...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

A 360-degree virtual tour supplier says there’s been a 600 per cent increase in use of the technology since late 2019...

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

Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...

Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...

A supplier of virtual viewings claims each property’s physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s...

Online lettings agency Accommodation has pledged to plant a new tree for every property let - it has already planting 1,190...

There’s a warning from an industry trade body that some agents may have failed to take compliance obligations seriously enough.  Paul Offley,...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Rapidly rising rents may trigger a new wave of investment buyers in London, helping to resuscitate the capital’s sales market in...

Supermarket chains like John Lewis and banks like Lloyds - both entering the private rental sector as large scale landlords -...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet - part of Glanty, now owned outright by OnTheMarket - has signed off on a link with...

A lettings agency is using its latest podcast to explore the retail-to-resi trend in the housing market. Winkworth’s podcast under The Property...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

Complaints referred to the Property Redress Scheme against its members grew by more than a quarter during 2020. In its annual report...

A lettings agency has apologised after a campaign by activists about the condition of a rental property it manages. Protesters outside the...

Leeds property investment agency ERE Property has undergone a company-wide rebrand in the UK and Hong Kong. No images have been released...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

It always pays to rely on the services of a reputable referencing company. The lure of free credit checks or basic referencing...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

A politician is stepping up his bid to ban buy to let purchasers acquiring any units at a 150-home scheme. ITV News...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...

The new President of the lettings side of Propertymark says her aim is to lift the profile of the organisation amongst...

Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Agents joining one of the industry’s major trade bodies is to be offered exclusive digital marketing packs created by Starberry. Members of...

A new maintenance management app connecting agents and their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’ faults onto a dashboard,...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...

There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...

The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

Propertymark has accused the Scottish Government of rushing through the latest eviction ban extension without proper consultation. At the end of last...

The new co-owner of two branches of Martin & Co is combining legal work with sales and lettings. Barrister Tom Fazackerley has...

The Labour-run Haringey council in London says some housing conditions in the private rental sector lead to anti-social behaviour. Letting Agent Today...

The government has pledged a White Paper to be issued in the autumn, dedicated to reform of the private rental sector. Some...

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

Rents have climbed up to 68 per cent across England since the financial crash in 2008. Research by Ascend Property shows that...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

A proposal for one of the country’s largest ever private rental sector licensing schemes has gone out to consultation. Manchester’s Labour council...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

Ringley Group has secured the UK’s largest apartment complex to be managed by leaseholders as a franchisee client.  The Century Wharf Estate...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

Police were called to a protect outside a lettings firm in Oxfordshire after a crowd picketed the office over a dispute...

Rightmove is to rebrand its Van Mildert platform next month, when it will become Rightmove Landlord and Tenant Services. Van Mildert, a...

Rental growth accelerated in May to reach a new record high according to Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month the average cost...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

A survey of property professionals and IT experts across a range of industries has revealed that better remote working technology is...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

PropTech property compliance firm CheckDocs says it’s bagged Hamptons as its latest agency - with over 90 branches and a substantial...

Well known industry supplier FocalAgent has signed a new deal with Matterport to bring what it calls best-in-class 360° virtual tours...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...

Spicerhaart is restructuring its lettings activities to include more working-from-home, mirroring what it’s done to its sales side in the past...

Mistoria is opening its sixth office in the north west of England. The new branch in Cheadle follows Mistoria’s existing outlets in...

South East of England sales and lettings agency Parkers is continuing to expand across Berkshire with the opening of a new...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...