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Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

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

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

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...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director.  Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...

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...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

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

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

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

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

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

The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

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

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

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

Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...

A Manchester-based company which runs what it calls “an instant booking student accommodation marketplace” has joined forces with Norwegian tech firm...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

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

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

Belvoir franchisee Lloyd Rumbold has completed on the acquisition of Belvoir West Bridgford, adding a fourth franchise to his portfolio of...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

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

The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...

London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

A senior director at Chestertons, one of London’s largest lettings agencies, has warned that tenants in the capital will face an...

Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

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

An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

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

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

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

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...

A Labour MP has written to letting agents in her constituency demanding they explain high rents and their student allocation policies. Mary...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...

Newcastle-based agency Walton Robinson is offering a buy to let property sourcing service.  This year, the agency claims it’s secured rental increases...

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

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...

Knight Frank has made a candid observation about the prime London lettings market, saying it remains “a long way from normality.”  While...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

The first six months of 2022 saw 171 per cent more enquiries from tenants looking for properties in London compared to...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...

An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes.  Despite the falls...

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all  major cities including Birmingham,...

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties.  David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...

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

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...