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Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

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

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

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

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

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

Propertymark has welcomed the government’s commitment to end the practice of council tax of banding single rooms in HMOs, potentially saving...

Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...

Airbnb is launching a UK campaign this month aimed at luring first-time customers. It’s part of a local campaign that launched last...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

Elliot Leigh - an agency that is the largest guaranteed rent provider in London and Essex - has completed phase one...

A new study claims to reveal what it calls “a significant disparity in the spare room rental market.”  The research shows that...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

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

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...

London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has slammed the current lack of consistency of council tax on HMOs. It describes today’s system...

Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

The government has made a general commitment to work with those who want council tax reforms for Homes in Multiple Occupation. Earlier...

A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market continue to rise, even before the expected surge in demand following the government’s...

Low stock levels, high demand and increased renewals characterise prime London rental market according to property data firm LonRes. “The rental market...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

Well-heeled investors are spending an average of £1.2m on bulk-purchases of rental units according to a finance firm. The analysis shows that...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

It’s being reported that a prominent independent agency is to be snapped up by the fast-growing Leader Romans Group. Isle of Wight...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

Rightmove’s Landlord and Tenant Services division is moving to a new headquarters. It’s 110 staff will shift from Killingworth to Quorum Park in...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...

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

Agents are being urged to prepare for  changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...

A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties.  Gatwick and...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...

A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...

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

The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...

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

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...

An agency which has been operating for over 160 years has moved to a large and modern new headquarters. Leeds-based Adair Paxton...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

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

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

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...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

New PropTech company Ministry of Rooms says its platform has 350 landlords and agents signed up in its first six weeks. The property-tenant matching...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and predictably, he’s chosen an upmarket letting agent. Strutt &...

The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...

In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

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

A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

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

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

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy.  The service - called COHO - claims...

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

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

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...

Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

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

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

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

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...