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The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

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

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

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

The rapid recovery in London rents post-Covid has seen the capital’s tenants leave in record numbers, according to new research from...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

Stock levels crept up for a second consecutive month, according to lettings agency Hamptons, meaning there were 15 per cent more...

Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

Propertymark has once again hit out at reforms to the private rental sector being implemented by the Scottish Government. The government -...

Rents across Great Britain rose by an average of 8.3 per cent over the last 12 months, marking a gradual slowdown...

Buy to let and other investors hoping for a rapid recovery in the prime central London market are likely to be...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...

A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

A property investment company says Build To Rent is key to helping Britain meet its current housing and climate change challenges...

Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...

New data from Connells-owned brand Hamptons shows that the average cost of a new let in Britain rose to £1,115 pcm,...

Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes.  Despite the falls...

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

Central London rents are now 7.5 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels. A detailed analysis of just 100 properties by property consultancy...

Rents are rising at around twice the level of a year ago according to data from Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons. Despite rental...

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...

A generally upbeat trading statement from franchise agency giant Winkworth reports that prime London’s rental market’s long term return to normality...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

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

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...

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

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

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...

The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...

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

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

One of the most pessimistic lettings operations about the London market during the pandemic says that at last the capital is...

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

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

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

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...

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...

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

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

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

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

Rents in London are rocketing but a leading market commentator says this is no reason to give in to a “Marxist dystopia”...

The corner may have turned for the London rental market as prices grew between April and May, according to the latest...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...