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A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...

The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

Lavanda, a student lettings property management tech supplier, has announced a partnership with UPP, a student accommodation provider working in partnership...

Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...

In recent days we’ve been running images and videos from Halloween-decorated offices over on our sister publication Estate Agent Today -...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...

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

University Cribs, the student property search engine, is expanding to list accommodation in the London market.    The service says that with its...

Institutional investment in purpose built student accommodation has 'polarised' the market, according to Knight Frank's head of student housing. James Pullen says...

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