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25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pub group boss set to be head of 85-brand agency group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss claims tenants miss holidays because of high rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2167150227.jpg)
The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants consider co-buying with friends or family members, says bank](/upload/images/shutterstock_1111121915.jpg)
Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...
25 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of tenants living with damp or mould - charity’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135425805.jpg)
Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![New agency charges ultra-low all-in lettings and management fee](/upload/images/shutterstock_286453484.jpg)
A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords are getting younger, new data shows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Rayner: we want agency regulation, mandatory qualifications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark to lobby all new housing ministers](/upload/images/shutterstock_1234884016.jpg)
Propertymark says it’s contacting all the appropriate new ministers over the summer to trigger an engagement process so agents’ voices can...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents fear for future of Private Rental Sector - RICS](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(2).jpg)
The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS urges Labour to do more on housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it welcomes the new Labour government’s ambitious housing plans - but it also casts...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS urges Labour to move fast on housing pledges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Taxes and Rent Controls top worries ahead of election - agency survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most self-managing landlords regard property as their full time job](/upload/images/shutterstock_2022462029.jpg)
Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents prefer PropTech to extra staff to ease workload](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...
27 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove: Rental EPCs must be improved with government help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants skip food and heat to pay rent, claims industry group](/upload/images/shutterstock_2051940527.jpg)
The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy group slams “irresponsible” criticism of EPCs and assessors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
The Property Energy Professionals Association - a trade group representing accreditation schemes for energy assessors - is complaining that it’s not...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring Council Tax Arrears prompts call for new bailiff rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative service predicts student rental rush](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents join call for Radical Reform of inaccurate EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Performance Certificates slammed as “inaccurate”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Is Far From Over, Whoever Wins on July 4](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Eco-Improvements demanded by most tenants - new bank survey](/upload/images/shutterstock_2208680371.jpg)
A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS rings alarm bells over state of lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_1313087447.jpg)
The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Many first time buyers take second jobs to raise a deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2145738989.jpg)
Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS guide for investors, landlords and other users at auctions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants rent for longer according to latest government survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Over55Tenant-400x310.png)
Tenants today spend 12% longer in the same property before switching, than they did a decade ago. Analysis of the English Housing...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla welcomes back regional agent as portal rivalry hots up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Timers stuck renting because of lack of understanding - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1007757514.jpg)
A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth forecasts cut as supply catches up with demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Agents say they Don’t Know who they’ll vote for](/upload/images/shutterstock_1332472799.jpg)
Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures show half of tenants struggle to find next home](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant Turnover - landlord sales and not evictions are chief cause](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property. By contrast, eviction was...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and High Interest Rates pose major challenges to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pity The Poor Renter - analyst says tenants face tough conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![New location for long-standing Savills operation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_474636388(1).jpg)
Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate. Savills, and...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most lucrative locations for holiday let income](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/A%20surveyor's%20guide%20to%20finding%20a%20profitable%20HMO.jpg)
The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under 25% of renters bother reading tenancy agreements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements. It says this is largely...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS: Landlord instructions in short supply as market slows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum. Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost no agent ready for revised tenancy arrangements](/upload/images/shutterstock_635148143.jpg)
A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stop Killing Market with Rent Controls, agents tell minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency flags growing worries over pets in lets](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367788609.jpg)
A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties. A...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of Tenants 'get stuck' if letting agents fail to solve problems](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...
30 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![More tenants borrowing to fund deposits on next property - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2164284997.jpg)
The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents proud of the industry…not so keen on the system](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...
25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Independent agency runs seminar series for new landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings chief claims “renting negatively impacts life”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Reform Bill isn’t stopping buy to let investment claims agency boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Business Boost - Landlord champion urges more use of lettings agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant awareness of Renters Reform Bill very low, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![No Rent Controls! Propertymark’s plea to leading politician](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ground Rents U-turn hailed ‘a victory for common sense’](/upload/images/shutterstock_787659988.jpg)
What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Low level of landlord awareness about Reform Bill contents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - new RICS standard for agents to launch this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill wins a big thumbs-up from agents’ body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning to Labour leader - no rent controls, yes to lower taxes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Week ahead for interest rates and inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS Warning: rents still rising as landlords quit lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most would-be buyers say they cannot afford an open-market home](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of lettings agents imminent, suggests Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mould and Damp: Agents should act now, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647(1).jpg)
Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![One in nine renters using foodbanks - industry supplier’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surge in interest for energy efficient homes - Rightmove data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![How can agents use PropTech to win new landlord clients?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of new rental licensing schemes set for 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_1937885968.jpg)
A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![House builders overwhelmingly want Labour to win General Election](/upload/images/383356447.png)
A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Problem properties hit two thirds of renters, claim lettings group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents List Radical Changes needed to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament. The aim...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage experts predict boost in buy to let lending this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage%20approvals%20down%20MortgageApplication_400x310.png)
Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing agency group snaps up three regional agencies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114065.jpg)
Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Budget 2024 - Just days left for agents to send ideas to Jeremy Hunt](/upload/images/shutterstock_1408234412.jpg)
Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants itemise top three priorities in new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill won’t take effect until late 2024 at the earliest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings and Build To Rent experts head ARLA chief’s speaker list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency snapped up by Chestertons parent company](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
The company which acquired London-focussed agency Chestertons in October has now snapped up another lettings and sales operation. This latest purchase is...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill causing unease amongst investors - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![The three qualities landlords want from letting agents - revealed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Won't Become Energy Efficient without Incentives - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes. Office for National Statistics...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portal announces agent qualification before possible mandatory regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors warn: Landlords can’t keep their heads above water](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rural tenants hit hardest by rent rises caused by stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Changing face of Private Rental Sector revealed by new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Forecast - rental market to see “strong resurgence” next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![ARLA agent is new head of Experts In Property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Many renters will be Home Alone this Christmas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1708606831.jpg)
A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone. A...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Councils enforcing rental licensing are on brink of bankruptcy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Scores of councils that enforce licensing regimes on the private rental sector claim they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Almost one...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents list major problems with Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![How investing in a CRM is the best way to NTS compliance](/upload/images/Ricardo%20Dawson(2).png)
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent rises outstrip inflation in every part of the UK - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards reveal details of new Material Information requirements](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(1).jpg)
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency calls for Landlords Reform Bill to redress rental balance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Politicians told - You’re wrong on additional homes tax surcharge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bills Included - most tenants want all-inclusive charges](/upload/images/shutterstock_1826666417.jpg)
A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...