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A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

Rightmove has set out its innovation programme for the private rental sector. The portal has given over a substantial amount of its...

A new law in Wales making it mandatory for a tenant to get six months notice for Section 21 evictions has...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions.  It’s at...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

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

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair says it’s set to make big announcements soon - and in the meantime it’s attracted a key...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

A call has gone out for the longer-term buy to let rental sector to have a similar tax regime as the largely-unregulated...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a list of 10 demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s long-awaited Budget on March 3, with a financial...

Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...

HomeLet and Let Alliance have announced what they call a market first with a rent guarantee providing cover until vacant possession...

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...

A trade body wants the government to ensure its latest lockdown grants cover short lets businesses. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

The next 12 months could be a surprisingly good year for the private rental sector despite some obvious challenges, according to...

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

Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

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

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...

An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...

Today is the start of the official Christmas eviction ban ‘truce’ in the private rental sector - and it continues until...

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

The architect of the Regulation of Property Agents working group - which has called for agents to be trained and licensed...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...

ARLA Propertymark has given a detailed response to a government consultation on how the pandemic has hit the private rental sector. The...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

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

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

Letting agents are being offered a free consultation helpline during the pandemic.  Julie Condliffe, a lawyer and property investment expert, says the...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

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

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...

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

A Conservative MP is urging his colleagues in government to end “cruel” discrimination against pet owners by much of the private...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

It appears lettings agents may have escaped the recommended demands for referral fees to be made more transparent to customers. A statement...

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

One of the country’s first specialist residential property fund managers has named the agency to handle its latest Build To Rent...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

ARLA Propertymark is holding a webinar later this month to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on the private rental sector. It will...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

A specialist mortgage operator is warning letting agents and landlords to gear up for a winter of discontent as a result...

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector.  Tenant Shop...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

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

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

It came as little surprise after weeks of speculation but David Cox, chief executive of ARLA Propertymark, left the organisation officially...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

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

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has entered the row over Labour claiming that the stamp duty holiday announced last week was in...

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

The government has withdrawn its latest electrical safety checks guidance for the private rental sector, with immediate effect. However, there remains...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

Age UK is the latest campaigning charity to call for the repeal of S21 and the introduction of greater controls over...

The current restriction on Airbnb-style short lets to 90 nights a year in London could spread to other cities - and...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

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

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

Rental app service Movebubble has launched its Home Walkthrough feature which it says it the first of its kind in the...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Agents and other property professionals have a week to submit their views to an enquiry into the impact of Coronavirus on...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

The landlords’ newly-merged trade body has renewed its call for the government to do more to help the private rental sector...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

New research suggests the damage to the private rental sector in terms of non-payment of rent could be a remarkable £15...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

The government has been called upon to issue specific Coronavirus guidance for the rental sector. The chief executive of the Association of...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

A rent guarantor service has taken a swipe at new housing minister Chris Pincher and his recent predecessors who have not...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

Cynics who rejected claims that landlords would quit the buy to let sector because of increasing bureaucracy and higher taxes may...

The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

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

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

An increasing number of over-60s are now turning to the private rental sector - but, like other demographic sectors, they face...

The Renters’ Reform Bill worries many in the private rental sector but the government says there is still no date for...

A mortgage company has attempted to quantify how much private landlords inject into local economies. Aldermore’s research, surveying 1,000 UK-based landlords, discovered...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

Councils that have been awarded additional cash injections by government could use their windfalls to enhance their enforcement of the private...

Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

The government has announced an additional £4m in funding for local councils to combat rogue agents and landlords - but it’s...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...

No date has been set by government for the second reading of the Renters' Reform Bill 2019-20. The Bill was announced in...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

Richard Donnell, research director at Zoopla, is warning the government that future reform of the private rental sector must not jeopardise...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

The sales market in London continues to wreak havoc with agencies, as yesterday’s Foxtons story revealed, but one lettings agency is...

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

There’s been an upbeat assessment of how the private rental sector will fare in the next five years from a leading...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

Labour’s policies for the private rental sector are “too extreme ... unrealistic and will be hugely damaging to housing supply in...

Agency Express, the board company that monitors the lettings market through demand for its To Let and Let By boards, warns...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants.  The charity’s 2019 election manifesto,...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

A leading trade body says the government’s latest injection of funds to help local councils root out rogue operators in the...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

Lettings agents are being invited to tell a big city council how to improve its private rental sector strategy.  Manchester local authority...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

A London-focussed lettings agency is hosting a seminar for landlords in association with a rental sector trade body. The key theme of...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

In addition to the apparent collapse of Upad at the weekend, there has been unconfirmed speculation about redundancies at a second...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has accused courts across the country of failing to follow their own rules when it comes...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

The private rented sector would shrink by 20 per cent if Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions are abolished, according to an economic...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

The weekly economic and financial research magazine The Economist has made a scathing attack on rent controls. The publication says rent controls...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

The government has been criticised yet again for what is described as its “incoherent” approach to the private rental sector. David Miles,...

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

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...