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A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...
16 June 2022
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The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...
15 June 2022
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The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...
15 June 2022
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A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...
14 June 2022
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Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...
09 June 2022
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A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...
09 June 2022
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A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents. Agents from businesses...
08 June 2022
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There’s been a big rise in the number of private rental properties on the past decade, despite sweeping tax and regulation...
31 May 2022
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There’s just a week left - including the long Jubilee celebration period - for agents to respond to a major property tax...
30 May 2022
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Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...
25 May 2022
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A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...
24 May 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
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A mortgage lender specialising in working with ex-pat and foreign buy to let investors says the city apartment and house remain...
20 May 2022
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Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...
19 May 2022
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A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...
18 May 2022
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London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...
17 May 2022
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The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
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A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...
09 May 2022
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The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
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The small number of rental properties listed on websites and portals as Price on Application have now been deemed illegal by...
05 May 2022
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The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...
05 May 2022
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London lettings platform Rentd says a property rented with bills included may be convenient but it will also be expensive. Rentd says...
04 May 2022
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The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...
27 April 2022
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A new and huge private rental licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42...
26 April 2022
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A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...
25 April 2022
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The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
14 April 2022
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Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...
12 April 2022
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There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...
11 April 2022
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An agency has made its 11th acquisition in just over a year. Thornley Groves - a brand in the Lomond Group -...
07 April 2022
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A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...
31 March 2022
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Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...
31 March 2022
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Owners of some rental properties, and agents acting on their behalf, can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost...
30 March 2022
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A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...
29 March 2022
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The allAgents reviews platform is calling on letting agents to ensure rental properties’ energy suppliers have up to date meter readings...
29 March 2022
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A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...
24 March 2022
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There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...
21 March 2022
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A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...
16 March 2022
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Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...
11 March 2022
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Family-run independent agency Websters, has made its second acquisition in two years. It’s now snapped up Langford Estates, a Norwich based agency...
08 March 2022
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...
04 March 2022
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A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
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A PropTech supplier claims that increased automation can help letting agents meet the demands of the government’s Levelling Up agenda. Openview –...
24 February 2022
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Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...
21 February 2022
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New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
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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...
16 February 2022
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A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
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The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...
09 February 2022
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It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
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ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group now manages in excess of 74,000 rental properties on behalf of landlords, according to a new trading...
02 February 2022
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A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...
01 February 2022
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Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...
31 January 2022
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Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...
27 January 2022
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Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties. The results of a...
26 January 2022
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One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...
25 January 2022
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A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...
12 January 2022
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The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...
12 January 2022
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A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...
10 January 2022
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An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...
10 January 2022
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There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...
07 January 2022
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A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
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One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...
04 January 2022
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A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...
24 December 2021
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Voids are ending the year 25 per cent down on the position at the start of 2021 - an indicator of...
22 December 2021
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Rents in London are now rising as steeply as they were falling at the start of the year according to Knight...
21 December 2021
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Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...
20 December 2021
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A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...
20 December 2021
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Lloyds Banking Group, which is known to be investing huge sums in the UK private rental sector, has published the results...
10 December 2021
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Paul and Sharon Collins are to mark 25 years as owners of the Belvoir Lincoln lettings agency in the New Year. Looking...
07 December 2021
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Void periods dropped across England during November as demand for rental properties continued apace. According to the latest Goodlord rental index some...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Group has given yet another upbeat trading report to shareholders. It says in the 10 months to the end of October...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms. Earlier this week the government...
25 November 2021
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The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Staging a home during the selling process could boost a sale price by up to £47,000; meanwhile lettings asking prices could...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank. From 2025 new rules...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...
04 November 2021
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A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...
22 October 2021
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A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions. Bective’s head of...
21 October 2021
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New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...
20 October 2021
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A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...
15 October 2021
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The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
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One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...
17 September 2021
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A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...
07 September 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...
02 September 2021
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New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...
26 August 2021
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There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
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The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...
19 August 2021
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Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a large scale recovery underway in London’s rental sector according to the website Home. The site says that while average rents...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself. The...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...
12 May 2021
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The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...
11 May 2021
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A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the private rental sector suggests it was reducing in size for some years before the pandemic. Nationwide’s specialist...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...
26 April 2021
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A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...
12 April 2021
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As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector has new electricity regulations taking effect next week, putting the emphasis on agents and landlords. The Electrical Safety...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...
02 March 2021
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01 March 2021
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The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...
10 February 2021
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The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants that moved home in London in December was double that of December 2019, according to an agency...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...
11 January 2021
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A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

January 29th is the date set for MPs to hold the Second Reading of a Private Members’ Bill aimed at the...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...
16 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A property entrepreneur critical of the quality of traditional buy to let says the government should create a Minister for Renting...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...
02 November 2020
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Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

John Lewis Partnership, until now best known for its department stores and ownership of Waitrose, is to build homes for rent. The...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The acquisition of a Newcastle independents has allowed Northwood to become one of the city’s largest lettings agencies. Inderpal Dhillon and Aman Singh of...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A council says it's identified hundreds of rental properties within its boundaries which apparently do not comply with key energy efficiency...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A proposed licensing regime in Kent has been abandoned because of fears it would drive landlords away. Medway council proposed a scheme...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets. And...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Room rents in the capital have dropped seven per cent in the past three months as the Coronavirus crisis saps demand...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows “huge gains for the lettings market” since transactions resumed a month ago. The...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Harrow council in north London has launched a formal consultation on its plan to renew its landlord licensing scheme in the...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There was just a two per cent rise in late rental payments over the last month according to figures from an...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...
23 March 2020
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23 March 2020
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It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Growing demand and a shrinking supply of rental properties in prime central London has led to a 50 per cent surge...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties in January increased to the highest level on record with 88 prospective tenants registered per lettings agency...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary. Home Made, which operates...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...
13 February 2020
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Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...
10 February 2020
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Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s asking rents hit a new record average of £2,119 per calendar month as the ongoing shortage of property for tenants...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...
30 January 2020
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A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...
29 January 2020
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Officers from a local council simultaneously staged 10 dawn raids on properties owned by unlicensed landlords. All the terraced homes, in Slough,...
24 January 2020
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17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...
04 January 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 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
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties. Landlord Jack...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A police force has issued a warning to agents and owners of short-let properties to look for signs of modern slavery...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index, looking at the market’s performance in June, has revealed year on...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents need to adapt to changing landlord and tenant habits The way letting agents, landlords and tenants communicate has changed significantly...
18 July 2019
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Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A family-run property management and letting agency, launched at the start of the year, has doubled its year one target within...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding. EBG, which was...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...
29 May 2019
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One of the country’s youngest lettings franchise holders has opened a second branch by acquiring an independent agency. Kuljeet Aujla, owner of...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

TrustMark, the government-backed quality kite mark scheme for tradespeople, is launching a pilot with Trading Standards to improve the quality and...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority in the Midlands has admitted what many people have believed for some time - despite a slew of...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial Labour-controlled local authority which already has 91 per cent of its private rental properties inside licensing schemes is now...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding members of tax changes ahead - a timely intervention with the deadline for...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has achieved Royal Assent, meaning that it will soon become an act of Parliament. Put...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...
10 December 2018
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The website TheHouseShop says it aims to recruit some 30 per cent of the country’s letting agents by the end of...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Local press reports say that one of the country’s most controversial buy to let licensing schemes has seen thousands of applications...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The online agency Home Made, which says it’s London’s only premium online platform for the rental sector, has raised a further...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
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The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says landlords spent £12.1 billion buying rental properties in the first half of this year - a full 30 per...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s chief executive officer, Peter Brooks-Johnson, is joining the board of an offshoot of a global classified listings operation. He is to...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Rent-to-rent operator Residently says area with high volumes of tech company employees are leading the lettings market’s growth in London. The firm...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Leading portals Zoopla and OnTheMarket have today announced that they will both be advertising agents' rental property listings on Facebook Marketplace. Marketplace...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

It appears that take-up of an apparently compulsory licensing scheme in one city has been shockingly low - and the scheme...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent hikes rose to 35 per cent in June, up from 28 per cent in May...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A lack of new rental properties coming to the market in London has helped push the annual rate of London asking...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 18 per cent of properties let in the first half of 2018 were registered in the name of a company...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest monthly report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents puts the number of rental properties managed by agents at...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords exiting the market because of tax and red tape have led to “an acute shortage of available properties to rent”...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing the highest number of landlords selling their buy to let properties...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A new study has revealed that the key reason tenants move between rental properties is to experience a different area. This is...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Flatsharing website Ideal Flatmate has passed the seed funding milestone of £1 million. The website - which includes former Green & Co...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Build To Rent provider Grainger has reported a 23 per cent rise in profits and says it is looking for...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings market remains steady with demand roughly unchanged in March compared to the previous month according to the latest figures...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The new sole chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says he wants the service to be at the heart...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A council says it is adopting a new approach to proactively tackling poor housing conditions in privately rented homes in one...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Average rental values in prime central London fell 2.1 per cent in the year to February according to Knight Frank -...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of properties available to rent in London is now 46 per cent below the national average according to ARLA...
01 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has launched a scheme of 29 two, three and four bedroom houses aimed...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

An ambitious PropTech startup has raised £2.8 million to fund its bid to 'reinvent the London renting experience'. Homie, a search platform...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The city council in Nottingham claims it has taken action against no fewer than 561 unauthorised To Let boards under powers...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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The average number of properties managed by letting agents rose from 192 in November to 200 in December – the highest...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today understands that Foxtons has been asked to appear at a hearing staged by a London council to prove...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average asking rent across the UK - excluding London - rose by just 0.7 per cent in 2017 according to...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales, the licensing and training regime which is now a year old, has taken an agent and a landlord...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Reporting software company InventoryBase has backed a campaign urging for inventories to be made mandatory in the lettings sector. The Association of...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A Mayfair lettings agency has taken on two new rental properties with an unusual perk for the tenant - private club...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The lettings market typically heats up in autumn, with landlords and tenants back off their holidays and ready to start the...
23 October 2017
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Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
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Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to repay over £5,000 to his tenants for letting an unlicensed House of Multiple...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords has fallen over the last two years despite a rise in supply of homes available to rent,...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston. Truro Crown Court...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body says a cap on damage deposits paid by tenants - as proposed by the government - could...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is urging buy to let investors to consider remortgaging in the very near future ahead of new...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

July’s activity data from board company Agency Express has revealed a significant slowdown in the number of rental properties coming on...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of almost 3,000 landlords suggests more than one in five plans to sell at least one of their investment...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Leeds Building Society is the latest major lender to reveal changes to buy to let lending ahead of new rules coming...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet. It says the average new tenancy signed during...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC’s reality programme The Week The Landlords Moved In should act as an eye-opener for the lettings industry when it...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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The current ‘busy season’ for lettings turnovers at the end of student terms would be made significantly easier if agents and...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove. Prices rose 2.8 per...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association says recent fiscal changes hitting the private rented sector are hurting tenants but failing to achieve their...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime central London have dropped 4.4 per cent in the past year - although that annual drop is not...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Police in Yorkshire are on the look out for empty rental properties which could be used for ‘sting’ operations tackling burglaries...
03 July 2017
From: Breaking News

High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A new rental auction website is inviting letting agents to preview its launch at an event later this month. LetsBid4Lets.com, which claims...
09 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A student landlord has been fined for failing to obtain the appropriate licences for two rental properties. Lisa Chatfield was ordered to...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis by investment specialists London Central Portfolio reveals that in areas of central London swamped with new builds coming to...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being warned by a property management agency to prepare for the next round of energy-efficiency regulation changes...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives should introduce rent controls to kick-start a seaside town renaissance, suggests an organisation set up originally by the David Cameron...