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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...

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...

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

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

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...

The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

Student rents in some parts of the country have risen by as much as 18 per cent in the past year...

Letting agency Spicerhaart has been fined £2,670 after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation.   A prosecution was brought...

As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...

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

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...

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

An online letting agency has sharply criticised student accommodation branded as affordable yet costing, it claims, nearly twice the maximum maintenance...

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation has raised £310,000 to grow its business.    StudentTenant says its aim is to rival conventional...

Despite what many in the industry believe to be an upsurge in specialist student accommodation construction in recent years, one student...

To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...

Average rents in some of the UK's most popular university locations have increased significantly over the last year, according to SpareRoom.co.uk. As...

A new report claims that over a third of student property investors plan to expand their portfolios in 2016, despite the...

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...