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06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![No details of Renters Rights Bill until October - expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMO sales agency begins UK-wide roll out in four cities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Developer creates lettings agency for its own schemes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Yes to Regulation and No to Rent Controls - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under 25% of renters bother reading tenancy agreements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements. It says this is largely...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - we’re unlikely to follow Scotland, says housing chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under half of homes listed to let are actually available - industry figure’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274659213.jpg)
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents proud of the industry…not so keen on the system](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Looking for a client account? Five steps to better lettings banking](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/Letting%20agent%20today_640x460px.jpg)
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Lettings chief claims “renting negatively impacts life”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Foxtons to extend digital lettings service into sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![“Bold” new Labour reforms for private rental sector coming next month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Massive PropTech boost from Rightmove and finance institutions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry boss slams government for ‘grandstanding’ on rent issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Local Housing Allowance - momentum grows for annual increase](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Passive income from buy to let is a myth, warns legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy. This is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands radical changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Courts the best way to counter threat of S21 removal - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_509586655.jpg)
Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents plead with Bank of England after buy to let mortgage arrears soar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark’s ringing endorsement for Material Information changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(3).jpg)
Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam government for failing to win industry support for reform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1746444971(1).jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues. According to a Freedom of Information...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls and EPC laws must be discussed with agents - Propertymark](/upload/images/_EcoHome-400x310.png)
Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of lettings agencies in financial distress - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Faster payments make happier landlords](/upload/images/640X460_Lettingagenttoday-jpg.jpg)
Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...
19 January 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Scrapping Section 21 can’t come quickly enough, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter plots huge email campaign to stop Renters Reform Bill ‘watering down’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting Agent Thief sentenced after stealing over £128,000](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Data Protection - agency advice from the Information Commissioner’s Office](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law. The UK data protection regulator...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bills Included - most tenants want all-inclusive charges](/upload/images/shutterstock_1826666417.jpg)
A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chief warns MPs on need for court reform and more bailiff capacity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate optimism fuelled by surprise improvement in inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/InterestRatesDecline_400x310.png)
There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![tlyfe's Rent-Ready Solution: Revolutionising the Lettings Market with Over 50,000 Tenants and 200 Agent Branches on Board](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/openbrix/360x280.png)
Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...
31 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Older tenants need Renters Reform Bill insists pressure group](/upload/images/shutterstock_1940487949(1).jpg)
Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of renters struggle to make payments - Which?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls at heart of Shelter’s General Election manifesto](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrap Renters Reform Bill! Leading agent makes dramatic plea](/upload/images/shutterstock_529322344.jpg)
A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Advice for letting agents now seeing 10 times number of calls](/upload/images/shutterstock_712414813.jpg)
An ex-ARLA supremo says technology is the best way for letting agents to cope with a huge rise in telephone calls. ARLA...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Under-pressure landlords now more choosy about letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Kicked Out! Redress scheme expels five rogue agencies](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rise in numbers of landlords desperate to sell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Avoid the stress of an annual accountants’ report ... by not doing one!](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/The-Lettings-partnership/Sponsored%20Content%20lead%20image_time%20for%20a%20change.jpg)
We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...
04 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Tell Government: boost help for increasingly poor tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Automated admin makes property maintenance easy with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/360x280.jpg)
PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...
29 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Mortgage Mayhem: will six months breathing space stop housing crash?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Sharp%20rise%20in%20property%20transaction%20fall-throught%20cost%20MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff - agent’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Survey shows widespread ignorance about interest rates](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Fraudster lettings agent jailed and cannot be a director](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs2-400x310.jpg)
Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent in ‘stay calm’ plea to landlords with Bill worries](/upload/images/shutterstock_1117116341.jpg)
Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pet Lovers and Renting Activists get lift up from Michael Gove](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(1)-400x310-min.jpeg)
In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket says lettings agency deal means it’s “more than just a portal”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket has bagged Arun Estates, one of the UK's largest agency groups, in a deal involving the TecLet lettings platform. TecLet, an...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Expelled! Rogue agents expelled from Property Redress Scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![String of dodgy letting agents expelled by Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsman rules on tenants with children discrimination case](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New tool for agents “to assess climate change risk”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1857484450(1).jpg)
A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cash Is King for buy to let as interest rates hit investors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency. So far this...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants’ mental health hit by high rents - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates: Bank of England announces latest decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Director Fariview Estates & Director keyhive.io What is ‘company name’...
23 January 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agents on warpath over increasing additional property tax threat](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector. Emerson has...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Red Tape for agents with short lets as Airbnb backs registration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/YourOverseasHome_400x310.png)
Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent reveals his answer to the private rental stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists blame letting agents for pushing up rents](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Franchise firm bags experienced agent to enter new territory](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The Propertynest lettings and sales agency is expanding into Yateley in Hampshire. This follows the recruitment of experienced agent Mark Holloway into...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Brace! Brace! Rent bombshell in New Year warns property chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns. The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let may be a busted flush, warns investment guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech referencing service moves into Right To Rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage experts give gloomy forecasts on buy to let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Change EPCs and use stamp duty to make homes greener - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agents amongst the big winners at ESTAS 2022](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Figures/ESTAS2022_400x310.png)
Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![The insider threat – 5 ways PayProp secures your letting agency](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/PayProp_Sc_360x280.png)
According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...
30 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Jailed! Another 34 months for agent already guilty of assault](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs2-400x310.jpg)
A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning to government - reform agenda is WRONG for HMOs!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss threatened team with violence - gets suspended sentence](/upload/images/library/CourtCase-400x310.png)
The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Can quality appliances contribute to higher rental yield?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/AO/30x280%20Beko%20Fridge%20Freezer%20Image%20Advertorial.jpg)
Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...
05 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Fighting Back - short lets and holiday homes do NOT hit affordability](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
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
![PropTech boss says renters feeling the pinch because of inflation](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Embrace technology or risk losing out to rivals - warning](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/SmartHome-Utilities-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent writes book telling landlords - “What’s holding you back?”](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shock as lettings PropTech firm backs Labour call for rent freeze](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![New software integration claims to simplify utility management](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
CRM business platform Reapit has partnered with PropTech platform Notify to announce a software integration that claims to simplify utilities registration...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Online lettings agency being sold in ‘distressed sale’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Hybrid-Property-400x310.jpg)
The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls and Stricter EPCs - virtual summits to discuss changes](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Massive demand for pet-friendly lets, says Foxtons-owned agency](/upload/images/Pets/CatInHome(2)-400x310-min.jpeg)
An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![The future of short lets? Supermarkets to sell Airbnb gift cards](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Tesco and Morrison supermarket chains are now selling Airbnb gift cards, which are also available from the short lets platform directly...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents change working hours to encourage greater staff well-being](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/Staff-Recruitment-Image-400x310.jpg)
Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings Hub](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/The%20Lettings%20Hub/Nathan400x310px.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...
26 October 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agency head tells Sunak - stop hammering the private rental sector](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/RishiSunak-400x310.jpg)
The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Grants covering Covid arrears will boost tenants’ health, says Shelter](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Help London’s rental sector - agent’s plea to government](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government backs away from stricter regulation of Airbnb and short lets](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agents offered free sleep wellbeing seminar](/upload/images/library/Webinar-400x310-min.jpeg)
Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Emotional post goes viral after agent earns first salary in two years](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/smartphone-image400x310.png)
A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Regional cities surviving Covid and Brexit best, says investment firm](/img/default/lat.png)
Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert. Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Free up time by automating Right To Rent checks, agents urged](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ group warns of widespread evictions without government support](/img/default/lat.png)
The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...