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There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Almost one in three buy to let landlords are set to sell up in the next 12 months. That’s the shock statistic...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to build more affordable homes. The latest data from the Scottish Government itself shows that the...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

The Office for National Statistics official government lettings index shows that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK increased...

New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...

Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...

The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...

The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

Almost a quarter of England and Wales will become less affordable to buyers by 2025, it’s been claimed. The findings - from...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

New figures from Foxtons show that average weekly rent in July 2023 was 12 per cent higher than July 2022.  The agency’s...

Housing legal aid is increasingly out of reach for tenants who need help, the Law Society of England and Wales claims.  Quarterly...

More than 20,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision – but thousands have yet to...

Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

New data from the Office for National Statistics, based on the 2021 Census results, show growth in the number of holiday...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

Investors and second home buyers contributed over a quarter of all property taxes in the last year according to a property...

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

Propertymark has told a group of MPs that many benefit recipients are excluded from the private rented sector due to the...

A London-focused lettings agency says actual rents in the capital are far greater than official average figures produced by the government.  Benham...

One of the most respected financial organisations says markets are now betting that the Bank of England base rate will hit...

A prominent lettings agency has taken the unusual step of warning tenants that parties using the sector for political capital may...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

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

The Local Government Association, which comprises 331 of the 333 councils in England and all 22 Welsh unitary councils, is calling on...

OnTheMarket Software - part of the OnTheMarket Group - has launched what it claims is “an innovative new product providing website...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

PropTech firm PayProp UK claims actual rent rises may be well below those suggested in some surveys. In response to the Scottish...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

The Valuation Office Agency, which compiles information on rents as part of its lettings market overview, is asking for help from...

A safety training service is warning of “alarming statistics” showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a...

In Scotland - where a rent freeze kicked in last weekend - Scottish private rents have fallen nearly 15 in real...

Fine & Country is preparing to start an eight-stop roadshow in which it will take a deep dive into local property...

The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...

A high profile agent has renewed his attack on politicians. David Alexander - who heads up DJ Alexander, part of the Lomond...

A prominent lettings agent says educating landlords about the need to use agents should be the industry’s number one priority. Agent Rainmaker...

Rents have seen the highest jump since records began in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. It says UK-wide rents...

A company claims that some 18 per cent of property firms have seen a rise in criminals attempting to launder money...

The small UK Association of Letting Agents trade body says that the government’s proposal to scrap Section 21 is grabbing headlines...

A cloud-based software firm that’s been snapped up by a major PropTech company is urging agents to embrace the cloud. Openview -...

A fresh analysis of house sizes for new build homes shows they are getting smaller. A study by Tiger Sheds looked at...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

The Home Staging Association has launched a course for agents on how to dress and prepare properties for maximum effect when...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

A landlord who appealed against a local council decision regarding the letting of her apartment on Airbnb has lost - and...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Housing charity Crisis says government statistics show almost one in five private renters in England in arrears or likely to fall...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

Government data shows that private renters spend a higher proportion of their budget on essential items that have not been cut...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...