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![Trading Standards tells agents - Material Information is key so get on with it!](/upload/images/shutterstock_1125678230.jpg)
A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants flee cities as high rents push them to outer areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More tenants now shop around, says high profile agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants worrying more over affordability, claims deposit alternative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where 38 tenants compete for each rental property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top Five Tenant Must Haves revealed by investment platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Viewing-Tenants-400x310.png)
A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgage slump as less affluent landlords stay away](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb cash gift for hosts welcoming Eurovision guests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
!['Bills Included' now increasingly popular with tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
New research from Rightmove suggests that all-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities for tenants using the portal. The research...
07 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New OnTheMarket features include some suggested by agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good News - signs of optimism in buy to let mortgage market](/upload/images/Logos/Legal%26General400x310.png)
Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Soaring demand for ‘bills included’ rental property - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-400x310.png)
A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants will pay more for low-carbon home - Build To Rent firm’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket’s new features aim to boost lettings pipelines and leads](/upload/images/library/SearchingPropertyOnline-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency reports record lettings year for holiday hot spot](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/staycation%20resize.png)
New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings industry body joins forces with trade group](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/RentingImage-400x310.jpg)
The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Named and shamed - landlords told ‘check this agency before using’](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Management Software: Top tips for busy letting agents](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Dezrez/Main%20image%20-%20Dezrez%20article%20360x280.png)
During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Massive £17m-plus mortgage deal for London buy to let purchase](/img/default/lat.png)
An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech app allows would-be renters to discover homes on market](/img/default/lat.png)
Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents back idea of renters getting more upfront info](/img/default/lat.png)
The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![How do landlords find their agents? Survey compares online with branches](/img/default/lat.png)
A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lockdown one year on: Renters search for space says Rightmove](/img/default/lat.png)
Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![London is back - big rise in portal searches for renting in capital](/img/default/lat.png)
Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...
10 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![New property ID system aims to identify rogue buy to lets](/img/default/lat.png)
A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![All Change: property types and aspirational features for renters in 2020](/img/default/lat.png)
A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - landlord trends when requesting information about agents](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively. Rentround...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Renters aren’t quitting London after all says Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tenants follow the lead of buyers in looking for quieter places to live](/img/default/lat.png)
Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents in demand thanks to stamp duty holiday, reports website](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Paws for thought - pet-friendly renting is a big growth area](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Renters’ rights at centre of surge in internet searches over virus period](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Demand for rental property up a third on this time last year](/img/default/lat.png)
The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Guess what? Searches for homes with gardens are up, says Rightmove](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Lights! Camera! Short Lets! - how movies have led to a rental surge](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![CPRs; the practicalities](/img/default/lat.png)
In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...
29 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Collapse in demand for buy to let in London says top buying agency](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![How can you be Google’s number one this year?](/img/default/lat.png)
Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...
04 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Rightmove reveals top 10 lettings searches - and the south wins...](/img/default/lat.png)
Rightmove has revealed the locations where prospective tenants have searched for properties on its portal in 2017 - and the winning...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents down but demand up - is London's lettings market stabilising?](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Buy to let investors offered UK's first digital mortgage brokerage](/img/default/lat.png)
Investors in buy to let are the marketing target for a service which describes itself as the UK’s first digital mortgage...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman at TWPN](/img/default/lat.png)
What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com What is The World Property Network...
05 May 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
![High-end agency launches corporate and relocation lettings team](/img/default/lat.png)
Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prime London lettings thriving despite Brexit, says senior agent](/img/default/lat.png)
Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result. “Relocation...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property portal launches app with 'defined search area' facility](/img/default/lat.png)
PropertyPal, a portal covering Northern Ireland, has launched a new Android app which allows consumers to ‘draw’ a defined area in...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![How do they compare? The latest stats on Rightmove, Zoopla...](/img/default/lat.png)
It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...