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I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

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

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

The number of prospective new tenants in the Home Counties over the first three months of the year has risen 15...

So much for Brexit and economic uncertainty disrupting the buy to let market - a new survey out today shows it’s...

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...

A removals firm has claimed it is currently dealing with more tenants moving between properties than home buyers.  Aussie Man & Van...

Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

Landlords anticipate that rent rises will taper off over the next twelve months, according to a sentiment survey conducted by Your...