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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

An agency has snapped up a substantial regional firm involving 60 staff, 1,100 properties under management, as well as commercial, new...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...

Supply has continued to build while demand remained steady, which increased downwards pressure on rents in the first quarter of 2024...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

OnTheMarket continues on its path to try to become the number one property portal, with a boast that it has a...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

Knight Frank’s Richmond residential lettings team has welcomed Ivanka Modesteva-Gyurova as Head of Lettings. Modesteva-Gyurova began her career at Foxtons in 2007,...

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

OnTheMarket is starting another round of its Town Hall in-person sessions - once again in a bid to win agents. Jason Tebb...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...

HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Inspirational broadcaster and author Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

One of the lettings sector’s longest-standing suppliers - Mortgages for Business - is rebranding. It’s to be known as Mortgage Finance Brokers,...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...