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A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...

Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation.  We...

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in November came to 46,075 according to the Bank of England. The 46,075 figure...

Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...

The head of the Property Redress Scheme will give agents the lowdown on the recent Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper...

A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...

A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation.  Nearly one in...

The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...

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 company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...

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

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

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

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

Britain’s largest supplier of purpose-built student accommodation, Unite, says students are bored with Zoom and will return en masse to their rental...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

There are growing calls for so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ to face the same controls that are exerted over the rest of the...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...

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

A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

Savills says some 120,000 buy to let mortgages have been redeemed since the launch of the additional homes stamp duty surcharge...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has put together a brief summary of the 2018 rental market. In figures, the supply of...

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...

Figures drawn up for the London region of the GMB union claim that across the capital’s 33 boroughs private rents have...

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...

The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

Lettings agents’ representatives have hit back at an accusation of discrimination made against the industry. A report by Shelter and the National...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...

Tenants are expecting to find and move in to new rental accommodation in ever-shorter periods of time.  Data from property website TheHouseShop.com...

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...

Labour MP Karen Buck is to reintroduce her Private Members Bill into Parliament today - and if it is passed, she...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...

A Build to Rent scheme in Salford is launching this week with tenants moving in to purpose-built rental accommodation at 'The...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of properties managed per member increased marginally last month, from 183 to 185 - but there was...

Over a third of adults are now living in some sort of social or private rental accommodation.    New research from insurance firm...

What does it say on your business card? Luke Burton Sales and Marketing Director, Rent4sure Who is Rent4sure? Rent4sure, is an established tenant referencing company. We provide...

Tenants in private rented housing are staying longer than ever in their current homes as the proportion of tenants with children...

Figures from the Association of Residential Letting Agents, now formally known as ARLA Propertymark, suggest there has been a surge in...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has responded to the latest government recommendations for tighter controls on the private rental sector...

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...

The chief executive of a new organisation servicing the fast-growing British Build To Rent sector says he hopes in time BTR...

The number of Build To Rent homes planned across the UK has doubled in just six months to 45,000, according to...

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...

The supply of rental accommodation is the lowest for at least a year according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. After...

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received £1.45 billion in investment...

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received its second big investment...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...