Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...
19 November 2020
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Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
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It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
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Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...
14 May 2020
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Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...
05 May 2020
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A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...
27 April 2020
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...
14 April 2020
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Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
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A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...
27 February 2020
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The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...
14 February 2020
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The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...
15 January 2020
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The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...
02 January 2020
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...
24 December 2019
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A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...
13 December 2019
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Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...
12 December 2019
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Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...
28 November 2019
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A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...
27 November 2019
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The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 November 2019
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A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
28 October 2019
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A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...
25 October 2019
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...
26 September 2019
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A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...
22 August 2019
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Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...
16 August 2019
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Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...
13 August 2019
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10 April 2019
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The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...
01 April 2019
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Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...
30 November 2018
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A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...
07 November 2018
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The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...
30 October 2018
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A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...
03 October 2018
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
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The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
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Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...
09 August 2018
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The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...
18 July 2018
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Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
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Countrywide is introducing the ARLA Level 2 qualification throughout its branch network. All customer-facing lettings staff who joined the business on or...
19 June 2018
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A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...
08 June 2018
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A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...
10 May 2018
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
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A leading property disputes solicitor has joined a growing chorus of criticism of how Right To Rent will cope with issues...
30 April 2018
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Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...
16 April 2018
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Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...
03 April 2018
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Well known lettings industry figure John Hards is re-joining Countrywide as National Lettings Director with immediate effect. He first joined Countrywide in...
26 March 2018
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Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...
12 February 2018
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Tenant demand edged up in the three months to January, according to RICS, but landlord instructions have fallen back - suggesting...
08 February 2018
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Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...
10 January 2018
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A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...
29 December 2017
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The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
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Interest from prospective tenants edged up during September according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Of agent members who responded to...
12 October 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...
03 October 2017
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Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...
15 September 2017
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The head of an estate and lettings agency has been expelled from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after admitting taking...
12 September 2017
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New government figures reveal that there are 80,855 Built To Rent homes either completed or planned. It says investment in this element...
04 August 2017
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The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...
19 July 2017
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The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...
16 June 2017
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Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar,...
12 June 2017
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It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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The number of new landlords instructing agents is at its lowest for two years - and with worse to come thanks...
10 March 2017
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a stark warning about the cumulative effect of the additional homes stamp duty...
10 February 2017
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The government says the formal consultation on the proposed introduction of a ban on letting agent fees levied on tenants in...
20 January 2017
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This is the final Letting Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
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The latest market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests rents will rise in 2017 for one simple reason...
09 December 2016
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A landlord has been found guilty of letting a property with "extremely dangerous electrics" as well as no heating and a...
03 November 2016
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The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...
14 October 2016
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The government must urgently deliver 1.8m new rental homes as new figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveal a...
05 October 2016
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A London landlord who failed to comply with an Improvement Notice to maintain his property for his tenants has a £4,000-plus...
04 October 2016
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The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans. An...
04 August 2016
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date...
12 May 2016
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New licence fees for letting and managing agents have been announced by Rent Smart Wales, the Welsh Government’s registration and licensing scheme which...
23 March 2016
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has teamed up with 62 other property bodies to launch “a global consultation on ethics...
29 January 2016
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It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...
30 December 2015
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Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...
23 December 2015
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is predicting that rents are likely to increase even faster than house prices in the...
23 December 2015
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The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...
14 December 2015
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Average rents have risen for 10 months in a row according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - and there's...
09 October 2015
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The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...
10 July 2015
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In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...
26 June 2015
From: Features

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...
19 June 2015
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After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...
29 May 2015
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This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...