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An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

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

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

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

A rent guarantor provider has announced a deal with agency Clever Student Lets. The provider - called RentGuarantor - says the deal...

The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...

Lettings agents are being told by an online platform to be extra-vigilant as increasing numbers of student tenants are getting pets. The...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

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

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

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

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting  on...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

Brighton’s largest lettings agency MTM Property has rebranded under the new name Coapt. The rebranding involved a year of workshops, client and...

A Birmingham-based student lettings agency says it has seen improved response rates from student tenants and viewers thanks to the use...

A former councillor says letting agents should be responsible for ensuring student tenants know how to organise their bins in a...

Research by a student lettings software company suggests that 70 per cent of landlords say they would prefer not to let...

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

Letting agents are being reminded of the importance of independent and professionally compiled inventories for individual students as they start or...

ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...

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

As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits.  SafeDeposits Scotland...

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A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is concerned at the results of a survey suggesting 79 per cent of...

Our key partner and buy-to-let specialist, Hamilton Fraser, and renown industry expert, Paul Shamplina have released the first in a new...

For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...

A survey suggests that the three facilities demanded most by student tenants are security, wi-fi and clothes washing.  The research, conducted amongst...

A Loughborough lettings agency has been accused of “obscene” advertising because of the wording used on To Let boards.  Councillor Ted Parton...

There is uproar in Brighton as a result of students being let rooms in an HMO - despite the property’s owners...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...

A trial voluntary ban on letting agents boards in part of a town has been declared such a success it could...

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