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Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda,  Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

According to new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau, two-fifths of landlords believe that new EPC requirements are important for the environment and will...

A franchise network boss has sharply criticised both Labour and the Tories for their pro-tenant policies. Dominic Agace, chief executive of Winkworth,...

A lack of direction and constant shifts in planning policy at local and national government level is putting a block on...

Leaders Romans Group has announced another new lettings acquisition. It has snapped up Liberty Gate, a single-office Nottingham-based business which also operates...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

A new survey of landlords has revealed a patchy record of awareness of new energy efficiency regulations for the rental sector. The...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

The long-standing head of an agency’s property management and lettings divisions is stepping up to become a partner in the company. Andrew...

Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to the Competitions and Markets Authority saying the watchdog is independent - but...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

The National Audit Office has made scathing criticisms of government efforts to build more affordable housing. The public spending watchdog says the...

The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...

Foxtons has revealed that it has a pipeline of what it calls “lettings portfolio targets” - lettings books which it wants...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

Propertymark says it welcomes measures in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will mean swifter action to get the hundreds...

A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...

Energy efficiency is the hot topic in the lettings sector right now with new minimum EPC levels expected to be introduced...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

A new Midlands property investment group has been launched, and says it will target both investors and landlords. Joseph Mews Property Group...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...

A Bill is being introduced into both Houses of Parliament this week which will ramp up the pressure on the private...

Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

ARLA Propertymark says there should be a long term appropriately funded strategy to help the private rental sector and home owners...

At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...

Agents and other industry players have penned an open letter to government demanding a radical overhaul of targets for energy efficiency in the...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that new energy efficiency targets for EPCs could stifle buy to let investment in future. In...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

New long-term targets for improving energy efficiency across the private rental sector simply are not realistic, the government has been warned. The...

One of the country’s biggest lettings agencies is reporting that both revenue and operating profit are “comfortably” up on 2019 levels...

Coaching and development organisation Agent Rainmaker is holding three day-long virtual events for agents “to rethink their business approach and focus...

The Deposit Protection Scheme is warning of a possible online scam affecting agents, landlords and tenants A statement on the DPS website...

A new PropTech app-based service claiming to reduce paperwork in property management is rolling out in London and the south east. Herddle...

The relatively low profile 99home online agency says it is now the UK’s fifth largest operation in the online sector after...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that there are now 148,046 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction or in planning across...

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

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...