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There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

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...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes. Despite the falls...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some 21,000...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests foreigners are returning to the UK capital as travel restrictions ease -...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New data released by franchise agency Winkworth showed that the rental market so far this year has been divided between house...
09 September 2021
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A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...
07 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year. In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company says sloppy referencing by agents and landlords effectively means that around a third of prospective tenants are discriminated...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Sulets - a not-for-profit, charitable trust providing accommodation for students - has struck gold. It’s won a Gold award from Investors in...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand claims there’s been a rise in the number of universities enquiring about white label deals, as...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An automated payments service has teamed up with a student accommodation provider to devise an eCommerce system allowing simpler rent payments. Vyne uses...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Winkworth says its London rental activities have suffered because of a lack of international travel, and students and young professionals returning to...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Intus Lettings has announced the opening of a new Sheffield office — its first base in Yorkshire. The Sheffield office...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Britain’s largest supplier of purpose-built student accommodation, Unite, says students are bored with Zoom and will return en masse to their rental...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...
22 February 2021
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Lettings agents are being told by an online platform to be extra-vigilant as increasing numbers of student tenants are getting pets. The...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Another major agency operating in central London confirms that the fall-out from the pandemic continues to produce a glut of units...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London agency Chestertons is warning that it’s going to be “another difficult year for the lettings market” in 2021. It says that...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental guarantor service claims that it and companies like it have helped keep the UK’s private rental sector buoyant during...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team. It has come from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...
26 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

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
From: Breaking News

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...
07 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...
01 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

New research from the National Landlords Association reveals that migrant workers, and not professional executives, provide the best rental yield. The NLA...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...
18 October 2019
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Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A new online lettings agency called Accommodation.co.uk is looking for franchisees to join ahead of its formal launch next month. The company...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

An ‘open banking’ PropTech platform has partnered with two rental organisations which will offer agents, landlords and tenants direct payments and...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor provider claims that deposits which prospective tenants are required to pay are often reduced if such a service...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

One of London’s best known lettings agents says unfurnished properties can take 30 per cent longer to let than a furnished...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...
09 April 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” has won the backing...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

JLL says its London offices saw increased demand in the third quarter of the year, underpinned by the student sector. Lonres data...
17 October 2018
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The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech entrepreneur says all agents would benefit from the introduction of more automation, but that those with student tenants may...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has teamed up with a university to give young students an insight into how small businesses operate. Priestley’s, a...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Online accommodation platform Student.com has linked with mental health charity Student Minds in a bid to prioritise mental health awareness amongst...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...
02 July 2018
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Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...
01 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A students’ union is the latest body to partner a review platform allowing renters to give their verdict on dealing with...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor service based in London and previously aiming itself at the UK market is expanding into the Republic of...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has renewed its call for letting agents and other property professionals to back an online...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Oxford’s Labour council has given its support to a lettings review website because it claims it will help drive up the...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Brighton’s largest lettings agency MTM Property has rebranded under the new name Coapt. The rebranding involved a year of workshops, client and...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

An online petition urging MPs to make it compulsory for privately let properties to be subject to independent inventory reporting is...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The former director of a lettings agency in Plymouth is to appear in court in March facing charges of fraud, false...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A former councillor says letting agents should be responsible for ensuring student tenants know how to organise their bins in a...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings director of high-end London lettings agency Russell Simpson says he expects the capital’s rentals market to blossom next year...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Research by a student lettings software company suggests that 70 per cent of landlords say they would prefer not to let...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

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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A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...
28 November 2017
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06 November 2017
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The rental market in parts of prime central London is becoming increasingly dominated by well-funded overseas students, according to a leading...
13 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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The director of a Plymouth letting agency has been re-bailed and will appear in court again in January. Heather Crabb, owner of...
05 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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Letting agency Spicerhaart has been fined £2,670 after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation. A prosecution was brought...
26 September 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 London letting agency is opening a new branch thanks to continued high demand from EU nationals looking for rental property...
05 September 2017
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ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...
04 September 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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Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...
02 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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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 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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As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits. SafeDeposits Scotland...
17 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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The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...
06 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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A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...
13 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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A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...
23 February 2017
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Right To Rent is encouraging discrimination against international students according to a student lts online service. Government figures marking the first anniversary...
16 February 2017
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A short-let platform says overseas students may be a new market sector for agents who handle Airbnb-style bookings on behalf of...
07 February 2017
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The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 - but London’s typical deposit is now at its...
01 February 2017
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A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...
17 January 2017
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Four letting agencies and a number of local councillors in York appear to have reached a voluntary agreement to reduce the...
17 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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An online student lettings agency claims there will be a growing number of students using the holiday season to boost their...
13 December 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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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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Regional lettings markets around the country are now outperforming London according to Your Move. While rents in London grew 6.9 per cent...
14 October 2016
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Letting agents and landlords are being reminded to comply with an obligation to remove ‘to let’ signs in certain parts of...
06 October 2016
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Labour councillors controlling Brighton and Hove council are reported to be writing to the government for premission to charge HMO owners...
30 September 2016
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To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...
23 September 2016
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A London agency has reported that its lettings revenues increased by a fifth during August. ludlowthompson's lettings revenue increased by 20% year-on-year...
19 September 2016
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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...
16 September 2016
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Our key partner and buy-to-let specialist, Hamilton Fraser, and renown industry expert, Paul Shamplina have released the first in a new...
12 September 2016
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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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London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...
25 August 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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Discussions between a landlord group and the government has resulted with additional clarity being given for Right to Rent checks on...
21 July 2016
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A report from Citizens Advice claims to show that a city’s letting agents charge a complex array of fees - with...
12 July 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 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
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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 letting agency has been criticised by local students after sending a touting letter to landlords saying it could increase rents...
18 March 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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Countrywide is next week formally announcing that it is acquiring the large Oxford-based lettings agency Finders Keepers. Countrywide says the agency -...
04 March 2016
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The private rental sector could expand to cover 40 per cent of households and the UK population is likely to split...
02 March 2016
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Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...
01 March 2016
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An industry body has asked classified listings online service Gumtree to issue its users clear warnings about possible scams involving fake...
19 February 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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A Loughborough lettings agency has been accused of “obscene” advertising because of the wording used on To Let boards. Councillor Ted Parton...
28 January 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
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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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ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year. Looking for...
04 December 2015
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There’s been a call to ban letting boards from streets near a university campus. Councillors in York say the boards which go...
20 November 2015
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A bid to force letting agents to remove To Let boards from properties in areas of a city with high numbers...
03 November 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
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There is uproar in Brighton as a result of students being let rooms in an HMO - despite the property’s owners...
30 October 2015
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The manager of a Lancaster letting agency dealing chiefly with students says he will co-operate with any police investigation into his...
16 October 2015
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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 long-established letting agency and a campaign group have joined forces to analyse a UK government's private rental sector reform proposals...
08 October 2015
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Students are considered to be almost twice as likely to lose their deposit at the end of a tenancy than any...
23 September 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
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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 private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...
15 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
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New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...
04 September 2015
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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
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Students in rented housing are being let down by a small number of bad landlords and a failure by local authorities...
05 August 2015
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Letting agents in two areas of Cardiff with large proportions of privately rented property will have to apply for consent to...
23 July 2015
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Rents in prime central London are rising again after a prolonged period of stagnation, according to property advisers London Central Portfolio. “The...
30 June 2015
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The immigration charity the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants says it is working with a range of other bodies...
24 June 2015
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A portal is launching this week that claims to be the UK’s first helping landlords and letting agents reach students looking...
16 June 2015
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Forget those ideas that even posh students live in digs or shared houses - prime central London agency Napier Watt has...
11 June 2015
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A Scottish agent has warned that government proposals to restrict landlord repossessions could negatively impact accommodation costs at the Edinburgh Festival. David...
08 June 2015
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Ahead of the next academic year, a letting agency has been advising prospective students on how to rent a property while...
05 June 2015
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Almost half of students (49%) surveyed by Glide Utilities said their weekly rent represents good value for money, the firm has...