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A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...

An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers.  Barrows and...

A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, Tim Balcon, says he’s putting mental health and wellbeing within the property sector high on...

A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  In a...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...

A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...

ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

A survey claims millions of renter households have concerns about their ability to pay landlords this winter - and the charity...

A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets.  And...

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...

A survey claims 25 per cent of tenants are already at least a month behind in their rent. Of those private tenants...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

Deposits have risen as much as 24 per cent in the past year in some parts of the UK - according...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months.  It will be...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...

There was just a two per cent rise in late rental payments over the last month according to figures from an...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

A pet care company claims that millions of private renters are being denied the benefits of pet ownership because of landlords...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year.  In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...

The majority of letting agents have lost up to 20 per cent of their revenue because of the fees ban -...

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for British consumers, who say the market has become expensive and inaccessible and that...

A mortgage company has attempted to quantify how much private landlords inject into local economies. Aldermore’s research, surveying 1,000 UK-based landlords, discovered...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...

A new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...

Life insurance sold to tenants could provide a valuable additional income stream for agents whose revenue has been hit by the...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act continued its upward curve in August. The...

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals  The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

Landlords’ confidence in the success of their own businesses has plunged in recent months.  Only 29 per cent of landlords have positive expectations...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...

Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

A rental provider specialising in property for older tenants has attacked what he calls “hidden costs” involved when people buy purpose-built...

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...

The 45+ age demographic is the fastest growing tenant market, according to flatsharing site SpareRoom. The website's data shows that the total...

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...

The public are described as being “sceptical and confused” over the fees ban that comes into effect tomorrow.  A survey by insurance...

A survey of 500 undergraduates has given a rare insight into what they want as accommodation priorities.  The study, by a landlord...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

Tenant referencing, rent protection and insurance provider Rent4sure is to join other leading suppliers as an ESTAS partner for the 16th...

Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...

London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

Over half of the Millennials consulted in a survey say they want to get away from renting so badly they would...

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...

The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

The shock findings of a new survey suggest that 32 per cent of landlords would be less likely to buy new...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...

Two more lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman as a result of unpaid awards following disputes involving landlords...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey.  Research for...

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...

Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...