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Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

The Nationwide Foundation - a pressure group funded by the Nationwide - says more effective enforcement is required for the private...

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

Lavanda, a student lettings property management tech supplier, has announced a partnership with UPP, a student accommodation provider working in partnership...

One of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players has secured funding for 1,000 new BTR homes. Legal & General has signed...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

Agencies and other businesses are to receive help facing soaring energy costs in measures outlined this morning by the government. Through a...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

Franchise estate agency chain Winkworth has expanded its presence in prime south west London with the opening of a new Wimbledon office. The new...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent operators, Legal & General, has acquired a new scheme from volume housebuilders Countryside....

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

Leaders Romans Group has launched a partnership with GreenTheUk to plant one tree for every house sold or let through the...

One of the UK’s largest agency groups has launched a partnership with an environmental organisation to plant one tree for every...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Knight Frank says it’s seeing tenants in the prime London niche reflecting the same trends as those in the wider property...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

Demand in the prime London lettings market is catching up with supply, reducing short-term downwards pressure on rental values. That’s the view...

Knight Frank is reporting that tenants in high-value London markets are agreeing deals that allow them to delay the start of...

Good morning and welcome to the industry’s daily update on how we cope with the challenge of social distancing and self-isolation...

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

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

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

Build To Rent developer Simple Life has launched 28 new BTR family homes in Newhall Harlow, Essex.  Part of a larger development of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

The London division of Jackson-Stops & Staff has launched a new residential corporate services department for corporate tenants looking to relocate...

The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...

An analysis by Britain’s biggest letting agency, Countrywide, has thrown up a little known fact - with applications for school places...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...

Whether you are single or a family, looking to invest in rental property or want to lay down roots of your...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...