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29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings chief claims “renting negatively impacts life”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech student lettings platform expanding further overseas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs and Holiday Lets give huge cash boost to communities - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Campaign launched to allow pets to be kept by private tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/WomanWithDog-400x310'.png)
One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Too Dear! London tenants say housing in the capital is unaffordable](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London2-400x310.png)
More than a quarter of renters responding to a survey say they are considering leaving the city within the next 12...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency says rising numbers of landlords taking rent insurance](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/AdobeStock_105015620.jpeg)
An increasing number of landlord clients are taking out rent insurance according to an online lettings platform. In the first quarter of...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Noose tightens on unregulated city Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb2-400x310.png)
One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The power of quality appliances in the rental market](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/AO/AO_070122_360x280.png)
For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...
07 January 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Karl Ullrich, Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/K_Ullrich_360x280.png)
Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...
02 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Why quality matters](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/AO/Why_Quality_Matters_360x280.png)
Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...
18 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Smart renting - fifth of UK renters would pay over £1k more for tech-led homes](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/SmartHome-Utilities-400x310.jpg)
An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must be ultra-responsive to tenant complaints during pandemic](/img/default/lat.png)
The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenants would pay more for bigger and better homes, says survey](/img/default/lat.png)
The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Deposit alternative PropTech supplier wins ‘super start-up’ status](/img/default/lat.png)
Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![London council returns to licensing five years after humiliating U-turn](/img/default/lat.png)
Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...