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A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...
02 March 2021
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Some 60 per cent of multi-property landlords have expanded their portfolio since the introduction of the Stamp Duty Holiday last summer...
24 February 2021
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An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
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A think tank says large scale intervention in the rental market via loans to tenants is the only way of addressing...
16 February 2021
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The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures. Latest data...
11 February 2021
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The new chief executive of Propertymark, Tim Balcon, says he’s putting mental health and wellbeing within the property sector high on...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. In a...
03 February 2021
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The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property specialist PS&B has acquired the Graves Jenkins management portfolio - both firms deal in residential and commercial property management on...
26 January 2021
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A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...
19 January 2021
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A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...
15 January 2021
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Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
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A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
10 December 2020
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Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...
08 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark wants the government to make the current business rates exemption for High Street branches permanent. The exemption, introduced in the spring...
07 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A chartered surveying company has acquired a long established lettings agency in the same town in Greater Manchester. Altrincham based firm Oakwood...
27 November 2020
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The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...
24 November 2020
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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

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...
19 November 2020
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International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...
19 November 2020
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A survey claims millions of renter households have concerns about their ability to pay landlords this winter - and the charity...
16 November 2020
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A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...
10 November 2020
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The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...
02 November 2020
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Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
28 October 2020
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Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech figure says using text messages to remind tenants when rent is due and chase late payments is a...
15 October 2020
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Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...
21 August 2020
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The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...
10 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...
07 August 2020
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Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on. Benham...
06 August 2020
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Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...
31 July 2020
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A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 mortgage brokers expect more buy to let business in the coming 12 months, according to a Paragon...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings portal says almost half of the prospective renters it has surveyed claim to have regarded some viewings as “disgusting”...
29 July 2020
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Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
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A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets. And...
23 July 2020
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New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...
17 July 2020
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A survey claims 25 per cent of tenants are already at least a month behind in their rent. Of those private tenants...
17 July 2020
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 July 2020
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The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...
06 July 2020
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03 July 2020
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Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...
01 July 2020
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The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months. It will be...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...
05 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...
01 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...
29 May 2020
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The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
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Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
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A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Private rents are expected to fall across the UK in the coming three months, but stabilise over the course of the...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis. In a formal written...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There was just a two per cent rise in late rental payments over the last month according to figures from an...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus. The National...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...
15 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Airbnb and similar platforms have seen a collapse of business since the start of the Coronavirus crisis with some 70 per...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey of the buy to let market conducted by a bank before the latest acceleration in the Coronavirus outbreak suggests...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
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A pet care company claims that millions of private renters are being denied the benefits of pet ownership because of landlords...
04 March 2020
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The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...
28 February 2020
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Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical landlord’s income from property has plummeted by a fifth in under a decade according to the National Landlords’ Association. Its...
19 February 2020
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A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost three quarters of Belvoir’s lettings franchisees anticipate rent increases this year. In a survey of the franchise firm’s offices across the...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The majority of letting agents have lost up to 20 per cent of their revenue because of the fees ban -...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Home ownership is increasingly out of reach for British consumers, who say the market has become expensive and inaccessible and that...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...
31 January 2020
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28 January 2020
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An agent acting on behalf of a landlord has defended a bid for retrospective planning permission, but a Labour councillor has...
23 January 2020
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17 January 2020
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Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...
08 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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Just over third of private landlords are planning to quit the sector or cut the number of homes they let in...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

If letting agents want more satisfied clients and fewer disputes they should provide better information to tenants. That’s the view of PropTech...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords’ Association says the new Conservative government must do two things in its early phase in office. The NLA, which...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Once again the monthly market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports a decline in the stock of rental...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report. While...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...
14 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

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 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

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading trade groups has repeated a warning to the Conservatives that they cannot rely on the votes...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says the private rental sector is facing a major crisis - more landlords are selling properties than buying...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Life insurance sold to tenants could provide a valuable additional income stream for agents whose revenue has been hit by the...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Two housing charities have called for the government to invest more in housing benefit so it rises in line with private...
10 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act continued its upward curve in August. The...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A fifth of buy-to-let landlords claim they have reduced the number of properties in their portfolios due to a range of...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of landlords looking to sell properties decreased slightly between Q2 and Q3 2019, according to a survey by Paragon. The...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News

London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected transfer agent who has been selling lettings businesses for 25 years has issued a warning that tenant-find let-only portfolios...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Fixflo is launching its sixth annual Lettings Report for lettings professionals The survey gauges the opinions of lettings professionals around the UK...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir. The franchise...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in the success of their own businesses has plunged in recent months. Only 29 per cent of landlords have positive expectations...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
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A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The first ‘state of the industry’ report on the lettings agency sector since the introduction of the fees ban suggests individual...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch. Under Stoke on...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News

It took an average of just 20 days to let a home between January and July this year according to a...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Prime London’s lettings market is growing but has seen fewer new lets over the second quarter of the year according to...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will face an immediate crisis in the private rented sector if government doesn’t rethink its plans to...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental provider specialising in property for older tenants has attacked what he calls “hidden costs” involved when people buy purpose-built...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade association has called for a 'moratorium' on any further government intervention in the buy-to-let sector in order to stop...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The 45+ age demographic is the fastest growing tenant market, according to flatsharing site SpareRoom. The website's data shows that the total...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Tenants on state benefits could be the 'biggest casualties' of the government's 'ill-thought-out' plans to scrap the Section 21 evictions process,...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Property investors are calling for the government to provide more support to the UK property market. A survey of investors, carried out...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of landlords has found that 39% would like to see a fast track housing tribunal introduced if and when...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A rise in the number of professional landlords means letting agents need to ensure their service meets the expectations of experienced...
04 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey by a specialist property sector lender reveals that 19 per cent of landlords are looking to sell in...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has been told it needs to provide tenants with better information about their rights and responsibilities if it’s to...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

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

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process. The founder of Landlord...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Only one in six private landlords say they would support the Conservatives in an election according to a new poll. Buy to...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...
17 May 2019
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With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
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A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

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

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...
24 April 2019
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The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A building expert is warning buy to let investors that they won’t enjoy unfettered rights to extend their properties upwards when...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Tenant referencing, rent protection and insurance provider Rent4sure is to join other leading suppliers as an ESTAS partner for the 16th...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental growth remains in positive territory - just - but on average it’s still well below the general level of inflation...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News

London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of 500 buy to let landlords suggests that well over a third are planning to increase the size of...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body is demanding that the government brings forward tax measures to address what it calls “the scourge...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Over half of the Millennials consulted in a survey say they want to get away from renting so badly they would...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey of mortgage experts conducted by one of the largest specialist buy to let lenders suggests that Brexit is hitting...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Throughout 2018 the number of homes available to rent in prime areas of London dropped 13 per cent. In particular, 80 per...
12 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...
11 February 2019
From: Breaking News

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that the demise of the High Street for shopping could lead to a surge in the supply...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Tenants know very little about their rights and responsibilities as renters according to a new survey produced by TotallyMoney. Some 97 per...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A growing number of tenants say they want to stay put in their rented home even if the landlord sells up. A...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey by specialist lender Landbay reveals that tenants outside of London typically spend 33 per cent of their monthly pay,...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The power held by tenants is growing across the UK, as new research indicates 61 per cent of buy to let...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

More progress is expected today in the passage of a Bill which will allow good tenants’ rent records to count towards...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

PropTech company PayProp has been announced as the sponsor of the ESTAS People Awards category for 2019. The ESTAS is a customer...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A poll of 1,250 landlords suggests that far from being concerned about the profitability of buy to let, almost 80 per...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Brexit is causing concern among landlords, according to HomeLet. The initial results of HomeLet’s annual landlord survey says nine out of 10...
15 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A new quarterly overview of the UK lettings sector reveals three key trends: viewings are rising and more tenancies are being...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...
10 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

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

New research appears to suggest that some tenants would be willing to pay substantially higher rent if they were allowed to...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Haart agency is calling on the government to give the private rental sector a break in the autumn Budget, as...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Two more lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman as a result of unpaid awards following disputes involving landlords...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings director at Urban, the online agency recently snapped up by Emoov, says the rental market is faced with significant...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey has revealed that 44% of landlords are looking to sell properties as a challenging market takes its toll. Octopus Choice,...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...
29 August 2018
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In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...
29 August 2018
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Last week Shelter and the National Housing Federation took a swipe at lettings agents, and now Citizens Advice has joined the...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A London lettings agency is warning landlords who let out their properties via Airbnb or similar short let platforms to ensure...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...
24 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Almost one in five landlords intend to remain in the buy to let market indefinitely according to a new survey. Research for...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Over a third of London investors no longer view property as a good investment, according to a survey of over 1,000...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are expected to surge 15 per cent over the next five years thanks to increasing demand and limited supply following...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Fixflo is launching its fifth annual Rental Repairs Survey for lettings professionals The survey, supported by ARLA Propertymark, gauges the opinions of...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A third of tenants are happy to rent long-term and have no plans to purchase a property in the future, new...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey...
13 July 2018
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Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The growth of the private rental sector has slowed thanks to government intervention and economic uncertainty - but it will expand...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

An online property platform that last year said tenants prefer to deal directly with landlords has returned to the theme with...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

One in five UK landlords have entered buy to let without even planning to, finding themselves with a property ‘accidentally’ or...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that 40 per cent of tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents or landlords and when they check out...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent business says investors in the private rental sector should be more flexible in their approach to private...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News

New research nearly two out of five landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants is now crowdfunding to pay for the Judicial Review of the government’s controversial...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...
01 June 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big rise in the proportion of landlords remortgaging according to one of the sector’s most prominent lenders, Paragon. In...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Over 70% of Conservative councillors and housing leads have indicated that £2 billion pledged for affordable housing is not enough to...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist insurance provider says there is substantial mis-buying of insurance products by buy to let investors. A survey of 500 landlords...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are taking a wait and see approach when it comes to additional investment in the sector according...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
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A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Research by a prominent letting agency suggests that the majority of renters in his city would be happy to sign tenancy...
27 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Rules introduced last autumn by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority are hurting the buy to let mortgage market according...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings market remains steady with demand roughly unchanged in March compared to the previous month according to the latest figures...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that the ability to have a pet in a rental property is more important than ease of parking...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey has revealed that with over 145 individual laws and more than 400 regulations to follow, it’s dangerous for landlords...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Small-scale landlords and those with the very largest portfolios appear to be ‘resizing’ - selling off some units to cope with...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey appears to buck the trend of recent rental market snapshots by showing that buy to let investors are...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist funding platform Property Partner has conducted a survey which suggests that 54 per cent of landlords are selling all or some...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Board company Agency Express says the buoyant start to the year’s lettings market has given way to a slowdown. In its February...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey by a leading lettings trade body suggests that the Bank of England’s attempts to make buy to let...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...
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

A lettings trade body says a major house builder has blamed, in part, recent tax increases on private landlords as a...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that only four per cent of tenants and landlords are aware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey claims that 42 per cent of private sector tenants are unhappy with paying letting agents’ fees, despite the...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A third of UK property professionals are set to expand their portfolios in 2018 despite a backdrop of increased challenges in...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...
09 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

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
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Tenant demand edged up in the three months to January, according to RICS, but landlord instructions have fallen back - suggesting...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Analysis of the latest English Housing Survey data reveals that the private rental sector provides homes to a fifth of the population,...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey from a specialist rental insurance firm suggests that contrary to popular belief, landlords care more than a little about...
From: Breaking News

Government proposals to ban letting agent fees levied on tenants next year are unlikely to make renting cheaper as new research...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Tunbridge Wells independent Alexandre Boyes has snapped up the lettings and sales book of Edenbridge agency Foxwood Maclean. First established in 1877...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...
20 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 fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Changes to Universal Credit have made it easier for claimants to rent homes but the government needs to do more to...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 30 per cent of landlords may be discouraged from using a letting agent if landlord fees increase as a result...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of the year again - when the race begins to find out who will win The ESTAS Supplier...
24 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Over two thirds of landlords are reluctant to invest in new properties as a result of the stamp duty surcharge on...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...
10 November 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA has set out the main reasons why tenants don't get their deposits back in every case. A survey of its members...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech company chief has repeated his claim that old-fashioned methods of business administration could be prohibiting letting agents from...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Four people are treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK every day - but 58 per cent of the population...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...
31 October 2017
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What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad says landlords are concerned that insurance-based alternatives to traditional deposit schemes may not cover them for repairs...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

MPs are today going to debate whether rent payments should be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

New analysis shows how the phasing out of mortgage interest tax relief for buy to let investors may prove a particular...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests no fewer than 88 per cent of tenants regard cost as the most important deciding factor when choosing...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Interest from prospective tenants edged up during September according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Of agent members who responded to...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A tenant survey conducted by an online letting agent suggests that almost nine out of 10 tenants are not currently looking...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A new survey by a property insurance firm suggests more than half of private rental sector tenants have remained in the same...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading figure in the buy to let broker industry has called for would-be ‘pension pot’ landlords to seek advice before...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A new report into student accommodation has found that private student rent remains at an average of £100 to £119 a...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agency Express says there has been a bounce in the number of new lettings listings across the UK. Following unusually slow activity...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents. Some 42 per...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector. The...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Over a third of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit say they are now in rent arrears, up by over...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of an estate and lettings agency has been expelled from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after admitting taking...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The majority of landlords still believe that a cap on letting agent fees will be more effective than an outright ban,...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A third of tenants can't imagine ever taking their first step on the property ladder and owning their own home. This is...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A study by an online letting agent suggests that client demand and void periods are two of landlords' biggest concerns, and...
04 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Political uncertainty across the UK and increased restrictions on buy to let are leading many landlords to raise rents and review...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords who rent out their property via online letting agents are in a stronger position to deal with new financial and...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

More landlords are quitting conventional letting and resorting to holiday lets or, increasingly, Airbnb-style short lets. The move is particularly acute in...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a survey reveals that most buy to let and other property investors want the three per cent stamp duty...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Rent payments should be included when calculating credit scores to support tenants wanting to buy a home of their own, says...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords’ Association, which last autumn published important statistics on the spread of short lets within London, is now looking...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of almost 3,000 landlords suggests more than one in five plans to sell at least one of their investment...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The results of a survey of 2,000 people conducted by an online letting agency appear to make sombre reading for letting...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News

New data from a survey of tenants suggests demand for the private rental sector looks set to be high for the...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Repairs service provider Fixflo is this week opening its annual call for comments from letting agents on repairs and maintenance issues. Although...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News

An online lettings agency specialising in student accommodation alleges that student tenants are discriminated against by landlords on the basis of...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,000 private renters for an animal insurance company apparently produces the result that 27 per cent of...