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The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

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

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Prominent figures from Foxtons and Chestertons are amongst the agency leaders featured on a new six-part podcast series from OnTheMarket.  Hosted by...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...

The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...

OnTheMarket says it’s the first major UK portal to offer a dedicated contact form for Scottish Home Reports. When a property is...

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

OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...

Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...

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

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city.  The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

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

Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...

Fledgling portal MoveStreets has signed over 100 agents, with an inventory of 16,500 properties to let and for sale. It says its latest...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...

The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...