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Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...
04 February 2021
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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,...
25 January 2021
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A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...
13 January 2021
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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
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UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...
05 January 2021
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An investment group of companies specialising in student accommodation says letting agents can be very important - but it also says...
14 December 2020
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A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...
02 December 2020
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One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...
23 November 2020
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A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...
13 October 2020
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The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...
06 October 2020
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Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...
29 September 2020
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The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
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Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
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Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...
27 August 2020
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A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents. Housemates is for students, landlords and...
18 August 2020
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The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...
24 July 2020
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Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...
14 July 2020
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Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...
27 April 2020
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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
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Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...
20 April 2020
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The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
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A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...
11 March 2020
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A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
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Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
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A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...
03 January 2020
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The London Airbnb property management company previously known as AirAgents, has rebranded as Nestor. Established in 2015, AirAgents went on to win...
28 November 2019
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A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...
26 November 2019
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A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...
25 September 2019
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An agency which says it aims to be “the UK’s premier residential lettings company” says it’s offering itself free to landlords...
21 August 2019
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A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...
19 August 2019
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Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...
15 August 2019
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A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...
08 August 2019
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Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...
17 July 2019
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A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...
25 June 2019
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A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...
14 June 2019
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A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities. The study, by a landlord...
28 May 2019
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A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...
22 May 2019
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The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...
17 May 2019
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A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...
02 May 2019
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A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...
01 May 2019
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Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...
25 April 2019
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The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...
26 March 2019
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Gregory Property Group has announced forward funding and the start of work on one of the country’s largest purpose-built student blocks. It’s...
05 March 2019
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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
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A student accommodation search engine is introducing an automated feeds service for letting agents and landlords with large property portfolios. The service,...
07 February 2019
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There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...
29 January 2019
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Another council has been given the go ahead to ban To Let boards in part of a city - with government...
23 January 2019
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A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...
22 January 2019
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A mortgage firm claims the lettings industry is ripping off students by overcharging them. Mojo Mortgages says it has compared the rent...
21 January 2019
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The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...
17 December 2018
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Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
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A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...
15 November 2018
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Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield. Rents were up...
15 November 2018
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North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester. The...
05 October 2018
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A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...
03 October 2018
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An agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman after receiving over 100 separate complaints, and failing to pay over £419,000...
20 September 2018
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A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...
10 September 2018
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Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...
03 September 2018
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A rent guarantor service based in London and previously aiming itself at the UK market is expanding into the Republic of...
06 June 2018
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The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...
27 April 2018
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Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...
13 April 2018
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As students begin their search for housing for the next academic year, a university has relaunched a dedicated lettings agency service The...
20 March 2018
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Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...
13 March 2018
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A Birmingham-based student lettings agency says it has seen improved response rates from student tenants and viewers thanks to the use...
13 February 2018
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The former director of a lettings agency in Plymouth is to appear in court in March facing charges of fraud, false...
31 January 2018
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Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
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Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...
11 January 2018
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Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...
10 January 2018
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Research by a student lettings software company suggests that 70 per cent of landlords say they would prefer not to let...
15 December 2017
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There has been a record number of new student accommodation bed spaces delivered in 2017, with possible consequences for future buy...
08 December 2017
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A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...
28 November 2017
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Tenants are expecting to find and move in to new rental accommodation in ever-shorter periods of time. Data from property website TheHouseShop.com...
24 November 2017
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A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...
17 November 2017
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06 November 2017
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A rental investment platform is claiming to have succeeded with the world’s largest property crowdfunding exercise, raising £2,992,800. Property Partner says it...
26 October 2017
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A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...
09 October 2017
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Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...
02 October 2017
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A new report into student accommodation has found that private student rent remains at an average of £100 to £119 a...
25 September 2017
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Letting agents are being reminded of the importance of independent and professionally compiled inventories for individual students as they start or...
19 September 2017
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The local authority in Islington, north London, is attempting to close what it calls a loophole concerning private rental property and...
14 September 2017
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As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...
14 September 2017
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A company which already runs a student accommodation lettings service online is to expand and open a general online lettings agency...
18 August 2017
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A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...
16 August 2017
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An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...
01 August 2017
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It is being reported that one of the major providers of purpose-built student accommodation to let - Unite - could temporarily...
27 July 2017
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The head of an online letting agency specialising in student accommodation says the controversial Right To Rent legislation may have to...
27 July 2017
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A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...
17 July 2017
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The current ‘busy season’ for lettings turnovers at the end of student terms would be made significantly easier if agents and...
12 July 2017
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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says the end of May usually triggers the annual movement of students from their rented properties -...
25 May 2017
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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
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A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
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University Cribs, the student property search engine, is expanding to list accommodation in the London market. The service says that with its...
19 April 2017
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13 April 2017
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An online letting agency has sharply criticised student accommodation branded as affordable yet costing, it claims, nearly twice the maximum maintenance...
28 March 2017
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A survey of students in Birmingham has discovered that over 44 per cent of respondents claim to have paid what the...
21 March 2017
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Student landlords are concerned that fast-track two-year degrees could have an impact on their rental businesses. This is according to StudentTenant.com, which...
08 March 2017
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An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...
02 March 2017
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The Loughborough Building Society is launching a Buy For Uni mortgage product seeking to encourage students to buy a home -...
01 March 2017
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Manchester council is considering a city-wide ban on letting agents’ To Let boards. The local authority says the plethora of boards in some...
28 February 2017
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An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business. StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...
28 February 2017
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A letting agency specialising in student accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director have admitted a series of breaches of...
23 January 2017
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Specialist student rental company Studenttenant.com has expressed concern at Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement this week that Britain would not seek...
19 January 2017
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Despite what many in the industry believe to be an upsurge in specialist student accommodation construction in recent years, one student...
06 January 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Brighton and Hove council has failed in its bid to win government backing to ban To Let boards. The council sought government...
22 November 2016
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Another local authority is considering a ban to reduce the impact - or possibly ban outright - agents' To Let boards. Residents...
07 November 2016
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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is concerned at the results of a survey suggesting 79 per cent of...
02 November 2016
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A 71 year old landlord has been fined £5,037.97 at Birmingham Magistrates Court for failing to obtain an HMO licence and...
01 November 2016
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The government is considering a ban on the display of To Let boards in parts of Leicester following a council bid...
21 October 2016
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It is feared that Cardiff council will later this week severely restrict the number of new shared houses in two popular...
20 October 2016
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Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has secured £200m in funding from institutions to expand its portfolio - and it’s looking for...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...
08 September 2016
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A study of just over 1,000 students suggests that 58 per cent use online sources to find accommodation while only 25...
06 September 2016
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A new property tech startup is launching this month with the promise that it will “completely transform the way university students...
01 August 2016
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29 July 2016
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Two more student houses in Brighton have been ordered to close by a government planning inspector. There have now been four such...
27 July 2016
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A new report claims that over a third of student property investors plan to expand their portfolios in 2016, despite the...
07 June 2016
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Landlords predict that one-bedroom flats will be the property type to increase most in value over the next year. Meanwhile, two-bedroom flats...
24 May 2016
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Institutional investment in purpose built student accommodation has 'polarised' the market, according to Knight Frank's head of student housing. James Pullen says...
23 May 2016
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Two former University of Lincoln students are to launch a students-only lettings portal on June 1, allowing agencies and private landlords...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent has been jailed after reportedly tricking students into paying deposits totalling thousands of pounds for flats they could...
06 May 2016
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A student accommodation specialist is warning about the potential pitfalls of investing in individual student rooms or small pods as opposed...
05 May 2016
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A survey suggests that the three facilities demanded most by student tenants are security, wi-fi and clothes washing. The research, conducted amongst...
09 March 2016
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Economic uncertainty in China could spill over to cause problems for the student letting sector in the UK, an agent is...
16 February 2016
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Agents and landlords are being warned that students expect increasingly high standards of accommodation including space, decor and fixtures and fittings. The...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...
27 January 2016
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On October 6 2015 we published an article concerning Clever Student Lets Ltd, entitled “Agents back political probe into deal between...
14 January 2016
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A new portal has been launched to publicise possible student investment properties. At the moment it has under 30 properties, almost all...
10 December 2015
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A new survey claims there is a serious shortfall of appropriate quality accommodation for students. The research, conducted amongst 500 students and...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A judge is expected to rule in the next two weeks in the case of students being sued by a landlord...
12 October 2015
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A row has broken out between one of the north east’s most prominent letting agents and Zoopla over the worst place...
21 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The shortage of rental accommodation in some university towns is so great that up to 22 people are competing for every...
21 September 2015
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The 107,000 overseas students using London’s burgeoning private rental market contribute some £600m annually to landlords, according to research by agency...
09 September 2015
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A letting agency has been ordered to pay more than £12,000 in fines and court costs after being convicted of seven...
07 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Barnet is the latest council appearing to edge towards increased private rental sector licensing as it enters the final two weeks...
03 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Research for a student accommodation service says the average weekly rent paid by students has risen a modest £1.43 in the...
14 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Students in rented housing are being let down by a small number of bad landlords and a failure by local authorities...
05 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The Master Locksmiths Association has set out advice to letting agents on the best way to secure student properties which in...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Hundreds of To Let boards have been taken down in a suburb of south Liverpool as a result of a voluntary...
23 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Investment into the country’s student housing market hit £3.98 billion in the first half 2015, well ahead of the £2.35 billion...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...