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A late-year surge in the number of Build To Rent applications has been forecast by a market commentator. Alex Blagden, senior researcher...

London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...

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

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

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...

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

Asking rents outside London have hit a new high according to Rightmove’s latest market snapshot. The pressure comes from record demand from...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

The return of the housing market has seen demand for rental property boom - and it’s a third higher now than...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

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

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

London as a whole has seen rental stock plummet by 22 per cent in just one year according to a market...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...

A mortgage lender’s new Buy to Let City Tracker tool has calculated the best cities in the UK for buy to...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

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

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...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

There has been a significant spike in activity in the East Hampshire lettings market, according to analysis from Zoopla. Over the last...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

Landlords in a part of Teesside are to be allowed to operate a “collaborative” licensing scheme after a council backed down...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...

Belvoir has told its shareholders and the City that it enjoyed a strong first half of 2019 with its 300 High...

An investment company has revealed that it’s acquired land in the north of England to create a Build To Rent scheme. Godwin...

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

Calls by Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to secure powers to implement private sector rent controls are facing increasing opposition. Business organisation...

Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...

The Southampton branch of Martin & Co has more than doubled its business after acquiring an independent agent in the city. It’s...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

Startling figures released this morning by Rightmove suggest that rents have risen 8.2 per cent in London in the past year...

Demand for room rentals in London is so high their average charge has risen two per cent in 2019 already, claims...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...

Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is demanding 'property MOTs' to help landlords trying to meet new energy efficiency targets. The government’s...

A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock.  Looking at the final...

A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

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

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

A lettings agency says proposals for landlords to pay more council tax on homes they leave empty could indirectly help the...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

Some broadly good news to end the week - rents are predicted to grow 13.7 per cent in the next five...

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...

Rightmove is reporting that average asking rents outside London have topped £800 per month for the first time, fuelled by a...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

An investment trust has been launched and looks likely to be competing for individual investors who may see it as an...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...

Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...

The latest monthly report from the Association of Residential Letting Agents puts the  number of rental properties managed by agents at...

A students’ union is the latest body to partner a review platform allowing renters to give their verdict on dealing with...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

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...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

There are now five per cent fewer homes to let now than two years ago, says Countrywide in its rebranded Hamptons...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...

Stirling Ackroyd, the six-branch estate and letting agency bought last summer by Nick Dunning Associates, has acquired the lettings book of...

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

Local media in Bristol say politicians in the city are considering supporting a controversial website that allows tenants to rate and...

Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...

High end agency Strutt & Parker is warning that older properties in prime central London are getting harder to let, with...

Tenant demand edged up in the three months to January, according to RICS, but landlord instructions have fallen back - suggesting...

Savills is urging its landlord clients to be more flexible in order to meet the new expectations of younger renters in...

The average number of properties managed by letting agents rose from 192 in November to 200 in December – the highest...

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...

Angela Newark, owner of two franchises of The Property Franchise Group in West Yorkshire, has acquired the portfolio of another agency taking...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

The rental market in Prime Central London has shown signs of recovery at the end of 2017, according to a new...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...

New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...

Rents outside of London have dropped by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year according to new data...

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government.   The announcement, made by Labour...

The number of letting agents who saw landlords increasing rent costs for tenants rose to 35 per cent in August according...

Changes to buy-to-let lending criteria being introduced at the end of this month could encourage a surge of rental stock as...

Property investment platform LendInvest has raised £50m thanks to the over-subscription of its first retail bond, launched on the London Stock...

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...

Asking rents outside London continue to hold up despite the market having more available properties, according to Rightmove.   Prices rose 2.8 per...

The Prime Minister has confirmed that her minority Conservative government will press ahead with the ban on letting agents’ fees levied...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities.   That’s...

Over a quarter of letting agents saw rents rise in May - the highest level since June last year when 28...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...

The latest analysis of buy to let trends by letting agency franchise chain Belvoir has identified a specific lack of rental...

Research experts at high-end agency Savills say a total of £5.3 billion is expected to be invested in the student accommodation...

Prime Purchase, the buying arm of estate agency Savills, says renting may be “a more financially sound route” for some wealthy...

As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to six short-term lets websites calling on them to introduce a 90-day limit on rentals...

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

The Residential Landlords Association has been quick off the mark to issue what it calls a seven point wish list to...

Figures from investment company London Central Portfolio suggest that re-lets of older properties to new tenants showed a fall in rents...

Cushman & Wakefield has added a partner and an associate director to its Residential Investment & Private Rented Sector team.  Fergus Jack,...

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...

The average London rent in November was 0.7 per cent lower than last year - not an enormous fall but nonetheless...

The dramatic slump in the prime central London sales market is now leading to a reduction in rents being achieved in...

Members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents predict a fall in the number of homes being available to let next...

Property data company LonRes is the latest to report that the supply of property available to let in prime central London...

Rents have fallen in prime central London for every month for the past year and tenants now have the whip hand,...

There has been a 25 per cent rise in the number of prime central London tenancies according to Knight Frank -...

A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

Members of the Association of Residential Letting Agents are reporting stock at an 18 month high.  Members managed on average 193 properties...

Sister agencies Leaders and Romans have undertaken research to show that property has been the most lucrative investment in the UK...

A London council has set up a system to allow council tenants to buy into a shared ownership scheme which it...

Grainger, the UK’s largest residential property owner and manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, has set out an argument to...

The investment firm London Central Portfolio says the volume of prime central London rental stock has increased dramatically in recent months...

The SDL Group says it is on course to become the UK's largest provider of Build to Rent services.  The firm, which...

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...

There have been falls in rents in some price ranges in London thanks to an oversupply of stock, according to lettings...

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...

The Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a report by the House of Lords that institutional investors behind the Build To Rent...

A leading London lettings agency chief suggests that Brexit may - against the expectations of many - actually be a good...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

Cambridge-based agency Bidwells is expanding its lettings division.  The lettings team has grown from eight to 10 professionals thanks to the recent...

A young independent agency in Manchester is set to hit a £1.5m turnover target after just 18 months following the addition...

The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...

Rent increases in Prime Central London have slowed due to uncertainty surrounding next month's EU Referendum, according to a new report. London...

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...

The supply of rental housing stock on letting agents’ books fell sharply in March, to the lowest level since the start...

Ian Wilson, chief executive officer of Martin & Co, has given David Cameron’s government a “two out of 10” score for...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge being imposed on buy to let and other properties is set to hurt tenants...

This week sees the first step in a long series of reforms - the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - aimed at...

A Conservative peer has criticised the government's ongoing attacks on the private lettings industry saying that the Cameron administration should be...

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

Not one of the raft of buy to let rule changes being introduced by Chancellor George Osborne - ostensibly to help...

LSL Property Services has taken a 65 per cent share in Group First Limited which provides mortgage and protection brokerage services...

A leading lettings expert says George Osborne’s proposed stamp duty surcharge of three per cent may be just weeks from implementation...

Economic uncertainty in China could spill over to cause problems for the student letting sector in the UK, an agent is...

One of the country‘s leading rental sector analysts is warning that tax changes for landlords’ mortgage interest relief, and the imminent...

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...

Just over 60,000 people have signed an online petition urging MPs to reconsider the controversial buy to let mortgage interest tax...

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

The UK’s new Build To Rent initiative, where institutions fund and manage purpose-built rental accommodation, has received its second big investment...

Legal & General Capital - which has recently made clear its intention to become a major Build To Rent player in...

Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed out of hand appeals and comments from Letting Agent Today readers to reconsider the recent...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...

It's more important than ever that letting agents stand out with their marketing messages. The British rental market is more crowded than...

A survey conducted for buy to let lender Landbay claims that a strong lettings market even in winter demonstrates “the shortage...

A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...

Letting Agent Today readers are being given the rare opportunity to have their concerns about proposed stamp duty increases and recent...

No fewer than 14 different tax changes targeted mostly at the buy to let sector will damage the market in 2016...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is predicting that rents are likely to increase even faster than house prices in the...

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

A former president of the Association of Taxation Technicians has made a strong defence of buy to let investors who, she...

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

The research team at high-end lettings and estate agency Savills says the controversial three per cent ‘additional property’ stamp duty introduced...

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...

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

Tenants in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent increases, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents’ monthly...

Rents in the private sector have been falling in real terms according to an independent study just published.   The research, commissioned by...

Rightmove says rents across England and Wales, outside London, are up 1.3 per cent in the past three months according to...

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...

G15, the largest group of London housing associations, says its members unanimously back a controversial Right to Buy compromise proposal. Under the...

Agency chain Hunters Group plc is to issue shares worth £100,000 to fund the acquistion of a lettings book. This is the...

The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...

The Halifax is the latest of many house price indices to show higher than expected house price growth - and yet...

Research for a student accommodation service says the average weekly rent paid by students has risen a modest £1.43 in the...

The deputy mayor of London, with special responsibility for housing, says the enthusiasm of buy to let investors can boost housebuilding...

Investment into the country’s student housing market hit £3.98 billion in the first half 2015, well ahead of the £2.35 billion...

Harrow council is consulting agents, landlords and residents on a proposal to renew its licensing regime applying to selected Houses in...

A Build To Let scheme led by developer Dandara and property investment operator LaSalle is to be the first of its...

Changes announced to the amount of money ordinary home owners can secure, tax-free, from letting out rooms in their homes have...

Wednesday’s budget proved a grim viewing for those who have worked in the rental sector for some time and watched the...

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that mortgage interest tax relief for buy-to-let homebuyers are to be restricted to basic rate of...

There has been a 94 per cent increase in prime central London tenancies year-on-year claims Lucy Morton of W A Ellis,...

The Bank of England says excessive lending to fund buy to let purchases could pose a risk to the financial well-being...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...