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A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

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

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

New research from Rightmove suggests that all-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities for tenants using the portal.  The research...

OnTheMarket is introducing a range of features which it claims will make ‘serious seekers’ stand out to letting agents. And it says...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...

Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...

OnTheMarket Group says new functionality coming in the autumn will improve letting agents’ client relationships while generating leads and developing their...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

An experienced buy to let mortgage specialist has completed on its largest and most complex loan to date — a £17.35m...

Crowdhaus, which describes its product as a property discovery app, has secured almost £200,000 to take the next step forward following...

The two letting agents’ trade groups have backed a call for more upfront information to be given to prospective renters. The National...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

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

A property company has analysed Google Search Data from the past year to reveal what movers were looking for in 2020...

An agency comparison website has released information on landlord preferences and activities which it says can help agents market more effectively.  Rentround...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

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...

There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

Rightmove has revealed the locations where prospective tenants have searched for properties on its portal in 2017 - and the winning...

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...

Investors in buy to let are the marketing target for a service which describes itself as the UK’s first digital mortgage...

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...

Strutt & Parker has launched a new corporate and relocation department for domestic and international tenants relocating within London and the...

Prime central London’s letting sector appears to be thriving despite the uncertainty leading up to, and since, the shock referendum result.   “Relocation...

PropertyPal, a portal covering Northern Ireland, has launched a new Android app which allows consumers to ‘draw’ a defined area in...

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...

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