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The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. The agency has been described as the is fastest growing UK...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has pencilled in June 14 2024 as the date for its second Propertymark One event. Last summer’s event,...

PropTech service The Lettings Hub has announced a new strategic partnership with client accounting platform LettsPay.  This follows on from four additional...

The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...

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

Airbnb’s global chief executive has suggested that the short lets platform may handle longer term rentals in future. Brian Chesky, in an...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

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

A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...

The rental market remained strong in August says PropTech firm Goodlord. Despite average rents dipping marginally after a record breaking July -...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

A series of new BTR schemes have been named by developers. In Coggeshall, north Essex, Vistry Group will deliver 36 homes, the...

A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...

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

The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...

The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

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

It appears almost certain that the Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill - expected some weeks ago - will not...

A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...

New research shows a 41 per cent reduction in the number of London properties available for private rent since the Covid-19...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

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

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

Data from London-focussed agency Foxtons reveals that average weekly rental prices in May have surpassed the peak of 2022. The average weekly...

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

Airbnb claims there has been a 75 per cent drop in party reports made to Airbnb in the UK since its...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

The cost of rent across England rose for the fifth consecutive month during May, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. During the month,...

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

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

Lavanda, a student lettings property management tech supplier, has announced a partnership with UPP, a student accommodation provider working in partnership...

Just as transactions in the mainstream market ramp up for spring and summer, so enquiries about buy to let mortgages have...

More property is likely to come onto the sales market in the weeks and months ahead as rising numbers of landlords...

Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...

A Conservative MP in a tourist region has blamed the switch of rental accommodation to Airbnbs for a shortage of places...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

The number of new prospective tenants registering per Propertymark member branch held at 91 in February - very close to last...

New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...

A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...

Propertymark wants letting agents to join its leadership team and ambassadorial positions. The trade body says it is seeking new directors for...

A council has prosecuted an agency and landlord for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar Homes Ltd...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into how letting agents operate within the private rental sector. It says...

Propertymark has hit out at a proposal from a group of MPs that there should be a single Ombudsman covering the...

Price growth in the rental market is predicted to continue throughout 2023 but there are tentative signs that rent hikes are...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

The Halifax has released a snapshot of the housing market as the year ends - with the cost of living crisis...

Propertymark pledges that an event being held next summer will be “colossal” - and will haver the likes of lettings agents...

The large majority of players in the lettings industry wants the rental reform programme outlined by the government, an agent claims. Laura...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...

The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...

This is a crunch week for the UK economy - and likely the housing market too - with a meeting of...

Lee Rowley is the new housing minister, specifically responsible for taking charge of the government’s rental reform agenda. The government has confirmed...

Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...

Airbnb is piloting new tools which it claims may identify and block prospective renters who want to stage anti-social parties. The technology...

A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

New research predicts a record year for holiday home owners in the UK with more people than ever planning to staycation...

A bootcamp which claims to help agents add up to £1m revenue to their business is to return this summer. The Agent...

Average asking rents outside London have hit another new record of £1,126 per calendar month according to Rightmove. This figure, for the...

If housing really is seen by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as one of his key policy goals, there must be uncertainty...

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...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...