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09 August 2022
From: Breaking News

Connells makes no reference about its lettings division in a terse statement about its business performance in the first half of...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News

The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
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MPs on a key Select Committee have been criticised by the letting agents’ trade body for failing to probe how Local...
28 July 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...
27 July 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The sales director of a property investment firm says high house prices, rising interest rates and the broader cost of living...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Troubles at Purplebricks continue with an activist investor who has a four per cent share in the firm called on the...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...
11 July 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. The annual...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News

The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...
28 June 2022
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Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector could grow an additional 6.5 per cent in just three years, it’s been forecast. This would bring the...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market. While supply...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent may win a lot of publicity but it’s still largely unknown outside London according to new research. BTR completions...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in Prime London are still rising rapidly and the number of new lettings is limited thanks to the lack of...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...
24 May 2022
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A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential landlord and a growing player in the Build To Rent sector, has delivered an...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank. The high...
09 May 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

London lettings platform Rentd says a property rented with bills included may be convenient but it will also be expensive. Rentd says...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation. Nearly one in...
29 April 2022
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Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An increasing number of house purchases are made by buyers who are not in chains - a trend driven by the...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has reported to its shareholders that its lettings revenue in the first quarter of this year was a stunning 21...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...
14 April 2022
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Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is today launched a lettings Automated Valuation Model tool that is claimed will provide landlords and investors with an instant...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

High end agency Knight Frank has made two key lettings appointments in recent weeks. Oliver Hepplewhite, already an associate within the firm,...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...
21 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...
18 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New research shows that despite tax and regulatory changes restricting buy to let returns, this remains a far healthier investment than...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes. Despite the falls...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX. The Lettings Hub says...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties. The results of a...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is hosting a new webinar this week for agents, focused on navigating the current rental market. Taking place tomorrow the webinar...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The 7,000 units under SDL’s block management are now with rival HML Group following an acquisition deal which took place last...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Property is fast becoming a preferred investing option for advocates of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, an investment company claims. Sequire Property Investment...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...
24 November 2021
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The desire for more living space, a key feature of the pandemic, has driven up rents on larger properties faster than...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some 21,000...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Travel Chapter, which owns the high profile Holidaylettings brand, is to float on the London Stock Exchange's junior AIM market. Devon-based Travel...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New research by the Benham and Reeves agency has revealed how a lack of London rental properties has pushed up the...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Data consultancy LonRes says a dramatic fall in prime London rental stock is forcing rents to rise at last. The number of...
18 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings agents’ group Propertymark has told Chancellor Rishi Sunak that unless the private rented sector is overhauled many landlords will...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A lack of longer term rental accommodation thanks to the growth of Airbnb and other short lets has led to a...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News
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A prominent industry supplier is warning the government not to damage the private rental sector in its push to promote ever-more...
05 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...
23 September 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Knight Frank is anticipating a “sprint for stock” in the lettings market as offices reopen and travel restrictions ease. Tom Bill, Knight...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents have highlighted a lack of stock as their main concern, research claims. The latest State of the Lettings Industry report...
15 September 2021
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The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...
10 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...
08 September 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...
25 August 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark. The average number...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A part of the country which has seen a severe long term rental stock shortage as a result of switches from...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Industry growth specialist Christopher Watkin is to offer letting agents his secrets to attracting new landlords in a live webinar hosted...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...
19 August 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
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A Conservative MP says he is to declare a “state of housing emergency” in his constituency because of the loss of...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A buying agency says it’s seen what it calls “a huge uptake in furnished lettings requests” following recent floods in London,...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...
09 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That's very retro - I have not had one of...
08 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Hamptons says there’s been “an unprecedented fall” in the number of rental homes on the market, leading to double-digit...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents across the wider London commuter belt continued to rise in the first three months of the year, according to a...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a new driver in the lettings market - the need for a flexible location and property type. Market consultancy TwentyCi says...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says its Inspire programme is continuing to help agents via its small group network - and it’s taking bookings for...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a spectacular surge in demand for lettings properties as vendors take advantage of the stamp duty holiday by selling...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...
19 March 2021
From: Sponsored Content

The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector. Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent agent says a huge over-supply of available rental property is now flooding the central London market, just as demand...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An extremely upbeat trading statement from Stock Market-quoted agency Belvoir suggests business has been ahead of even its pre-Coronavirus expectations in...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Samuel Estates, a south west London agency, has acquired its third independent local firm in 2020. The latest to be snapped up...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...
28 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
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Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency. Electricity distributor UK...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House. The...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...
10 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

London as a whole has seen rental stock plummet by 22 per cent in just one year according to a market...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report. While...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Former QPR and Nottingham Forest striker Dexter Blackstock has been fined over £25,000 and branded a rogue landlord after admitting 12 licencing offences. He...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
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More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...
28 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...
27 August 2019
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One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has told its shareholders and the City that it enjoyed a strong first half of 2019 with its 300 High...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...
22 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Southampton branch of Martin & Co has more than doubled its business after acquiring an independent agent in the city. It’s...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
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Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
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Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...
12 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...
11 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest monthly report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents puts the number of rental properties managed by agents at...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A students’ union is the latest body to partner a review platform allowing renters to give their verdict on dealing with...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...
11 June 2018
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There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of buy-to-let properties and the phasing out of buy-to-let mortgage...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Stirling Ackroyd, the six-branch estate and letting agency bought last summer by Nick Dunning Associates, has acquired the lettings book of...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Airsorted, which describes itself as “the world’s largest hosting management service” says it has secured £5m in funding to expand. Airsorted provides...
14 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Tenant demand edged up in the three months to January, according to RICS, but landlord instructions have fallen back - suggesting...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills is urging its landlord clients to be more flexible in order to meet the new expectations of younger renters in...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average number of properties managed by letting agents rose from 192 in November to 200 in December – the highest...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...
05 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Angela Newark, owner of two franchises of The Property Franchise Group in West Yorkshire, has acquired the portfolio of another agency taking...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...
31 October 2017
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New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government. The announcement, made by Labour...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing rent costs for tenants rose to 35 per cent in August according...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove. Prices rose 2.8 per...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Prime Minister has confirmed that her minority Conservative government will press ahead with the ban on letting agents’ fees levied...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities. That’s...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Over a quarter of letting agents saw rents rise in May - the highest level since June last year when 28...
03 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Research experts at high-end agency Savills say a total of £5.3 billion is expected to be invested in the student accommodation...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime Purchase, the buying arm of estate agency Savills, says renting may be “a more financially sound route” for some wealthy...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Cushman & Wakefield has added a partner and an associate director to its Residential Investment & Private Rented Sector team. Fergus Jack,...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average London rent in November was 0.7 per cent lower than last year - not an enormous fall but nonetheless...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The dramatic slump in the prime central London sales market is now leading to a reduction in rents being achieved in...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents predict a fall in the number of homes being available to let next...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Property data company LonRes is the latest to report that the supply of property available to let in prime central London...
15 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents have fallen in prime central London for every month for the past year and tenants now have the whip hand,...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a 25 per cent rise in the number of prime central London tenancies according to Knight Frank -...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents are reporting stock at an 18 month high. Members managed on average 193 properties...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A London council has set up a system to allow council tenants to buy into a shared ownership scheme which it...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Grainger, the UK’s largest residential property owner and manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, has set out an argument to...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The investment firm London Central Portfolio says the volume of prime central London rental stock has increased dramatically in recent months...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The SDL Group says it is on course to become the UK's largest provider of Build to Rent services. The firm, which...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...
24 August 2016
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There have been falls in rents in some price ranges in London thanks to an oversupply of stock, according to lettings...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading London lettings agency chief suggests that Brexit may - against the expectations of many - actually be a good...
12 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Cambridge-based agency Bidwells is expanding its lettings division. The lettings team has grown from eight to 10 professionals thanks to the recent...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A young independent agency in Manchester is set to hit a £1.5m turnover target after just 18 months following the addition...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Rent increases in Prime Central London have slowed due to uncertainty surrounding next month's EU Referendum, according to a new report. London...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell sharply in March, to the lowest level since the start...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge being imposed on buy to let and other properties is set to hurt tenants...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

This week sees the first step in a long series of reforms - the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - aimed at...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let landlord in Stockton-on-Tees, has been sentenced after illegally uncapping and reconnecting a gas supply. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services has taken a 65 per cent share in Group First Limited which provides mortgage and protection brokerage services...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings expert says George Osborne’s proposed stamp duty surcharge of three per cent may be just weeks from implementation...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Economic uncertainty in China could spill over to cause problems for the student letting sector in the UK, an agent is...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...
10 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...
03 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received £1.45 billion in investment...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received its second big investment...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It's more important than ever that letting agents stand out with their marketing messages. The British rental market is more crowded than...
15 January 2016
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A survey conducted for buy to let lender Landbay claims that a strong lettings market even in winter demonstrates “the shortage...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is predicting that rents are likely to increase even faster than house prices in the...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians has made a strong defence of buy to let investors who, she...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The research team at high-end lettings and estate agency Savills says the controversial three per cent ‘additional property’ stamp duty introduced...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...