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A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

Regional estate agency group Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up its second business in recent weeks. It’s acquired Charles Kimbell Lettings in...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

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...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

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

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

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

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

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 -...

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

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

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

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

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

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

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

High end lettings agency Savills has appointed a new head of residential lettings for its offices in Beaconsfield and Amersham. Daniel Spratley...

Rhodri Evans, director of land and new homes at Andrews Property Group, has been named as one of several industry figures...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

Savills is warning that despite strong income growth, rising rents are stretching the finances of those in the private rental sector.  Savills...

Lloyds Banking Group, which announced back in 2020 that it was to become involved in the private rental sector, is buying...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

Propertymark has pledged its continued support for the annual Smart Meter Awareness Week.  Launched by Smart Energy GB, the UK government-backed campaign...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

Propertymark has welcomed the pledge by Housing Secretary Michael Gove not to introduce rent controls in England. The trade body says such...

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

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

The Renters Reform Coalition - a collection of some 20 activist groups and charities demanding changes to the private rental sector...

Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...

The latest edition of the Home housing index shows Conti suing close links between both the lettings and sales markets. The Home...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

PropTech service Propoly says it’s handled £50m of rental transactions so far this year. Propoly - launched in 2020 and boasting early...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

The buy to let sector appears more heavily reliant on mortgages than some analysts have previously suggested. Specialist lending service Octane Capital has...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

It’s getting worse - the supply-demand mismatch in the rental sector is now “drastic” says Propertymark. The number of new prospective tenants...

The chief executive of Propertymark has reiterated his call for the government to make investment in buy to let attractive. Nathan Emerson says:...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...