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Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

Prime London’s rental growth has started to slow on an annual basis, according to the latest Savills prime lettings index. But the...

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

A newspaper is reporting that almost 1,500 homes which could be used for long-term mainstream rentals have been ‘lost’ to short...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...

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

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...

New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...

Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.”  While...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

Knight Frank says the steep increases in rents seen in prime London recently are now calming down. Rental values hit their low point...

A new agency index looking at luxury rental properties across 10 major global cities shows the extent of London’s listings drought. In...

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

The growing importance of virtual tours for properties to let and for sale during the pandemic shows little sign of easing,...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...

ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...

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

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

Bookings for staycations continue to surpass pre-pandemic levels, according to holiday home rental agency Sykes Holiday Cottages.  The company has revealed that...

Rental values in London and the Home Counties have climbed to five per cent above their pre-pandemic level in March 2020,...

Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...

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

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

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

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

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

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

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...

Some 4,500 people and 90 exhibitors attended the Property Investor Show a few days ago - the first face-to-face event of...

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

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...

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

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

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

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...

Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease.  Tom Bill, Knight...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

Letting Agents should aim for 50 per cent profit margins according to a high profile former president of ARLA. Sally Lawson says...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

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

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

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

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

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...

A petition has been launched on the Channel Island of Jersey to prevent agents and landlords banning pets from the local...

The trade body for short lets operators - the Short Term Accommodation Association - says it wants even more travel restrictions...

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

An agency has marked its 30th anniversary by sealing a brace of acquisitions. The deals see Thornley Groves, the Lomond Group agency...

There may be bad news for agencies with reliance on office workers who rent - a new survey suggests 10 per...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...