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Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

TV host Jenni Falconer is to reprise her role as compere of Propertymark’s ‘One Conference’ when it’s repeated at London’s ExCel...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

Savills has moved into a new office in Bath, occupying over 2,500 square feet in a prominent on a prominent shopping...

The innovative lettings and estate agency Hat and Home has opened its fifth office - and once again it’s an unusual...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...

A long-established agency has created what it calls a “super office” in its city. John Payne Estate Agents, which has been active...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...

One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...

High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...

Agents whose rental properties became workplaces during the pandemic are unlikely to see any major change in the situation soon. That’s because...

Propertymark is backing the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential buildings in Wales. The Welsh Government is proposing to amend...

A development site sourcing firm claims that reclassifying just one per cent of England’s Green Belt could unlock space for almost...

LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...

Hortons lettings agency Hortons has released a new advertisement featuring daytime TV presenter Kerr Drummond - who also happens to be...

The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests.  Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

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

Lettings agency Hamptons, now part of Connells, has hired a former Strictly Come Dancing and Countryfile star to front a property...

The Cambridge Building Society has invested in two family-sized houses to expand its unique ‘Rent to Home’ rent-return housing scheme. The two...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...

Leaders Romans Group's Suburban Build To Rent team has been appointed to jointly manage and maintain over 100 Build to Rent...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

Upmarket lettings agency Savills has moved its 30-strong team in Reading into a prominent new office in the town centre. The firm’s...

Councillors in one part of London are considering asking agents to include ‘green features’ on property details. Camden’s Labour controlled council has...

OnTheMarket Software, the tech division of the portal’s parent group, has announced the inclusion of client accounting functions in its TecLet...

A council is introducing a service which it claims will help identify properties which cannon future be used as private rental...

There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...

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

The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out.  Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...

The number of property employees employees in the UK working from home has dropped by almost half in the space of...

Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti.  Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

Rightmove forecasts average asking prices will drop two per cent in 2023 - meaning they will remain higher than after the...

A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...

There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market continue to rise, even before the expected surge in demand following the government’s...

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...

A consultation period has started on another council’s set of proposals to clampdown on HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen council wants to impose...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...