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Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

The race for dominance in the deposit alternative field continues apace. Now franchise giant Hunters has teamed up with flatfair to bring...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

One of London's largest agencies, Chestertons, has reported a record month for revenues in September as well as its best ever...

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

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

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

Rents have reached an all time high across the UK according to HomeLet. Its latest index says the average rent in the...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

Data published by specialist lender Precise Mortgages suggests that over a fifth of landlords are planning to expand their portfolio with...

Housing minister Esther McVey has hinted that the government may finally decide as soon as next month on whether to introduce...

Rents across prime central London have been roughly flat over the past year - although yields are up as a result...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

Claims that the use of Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices is the leading cause of homelessness in the UK are...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

If you want a barometer of a stable lettings market, this appears to be it - rents are now rising at...

The comparison website MoneySuperMarket suggests that renters spend an average of £670 in additional costs when they move, on top of...

The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies.  The agency was...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...

Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

The supply of lettings property has begun to increase in higher price brackets in prime central London, leading rents to fall...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Housing and Care for Older People has sharply criticised the PRS as being ill-equipped to cater...

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

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

Data from rental insurance firm HomeLet suggests that the Tenant Fees Act may already be causing more movement amongst tenants. The firm...

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...

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

Monday marks the one month anniversary of the Tenant Fees ban coming into force, but a senior London agent warns the...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

A record number of tenancies have been agreed above £5,000 per week in London during the first four months of the...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

The head of a firm that seeks investors to put money into residential property funds rather than individual homes for tenants...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

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

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

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...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...

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

Average rents across the UK continue to rise ahead of the introduction of the Tenant Fees Act next month, according to...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...

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

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...

The scrapping of Section 21, as proposed by the government, shows that Whiteall has “a Dickensian view” of the buy to...

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

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

Today the long-awaited Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Act comes into force, pioneered by Labour MP Karen Buck and giving people...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

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

Labour says it will introduce new ‘indefinite’ tenancies for private tenants, based on rules currently in place in Germany. It claims German...

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

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...

Data from Knight Frank shows that annual rental values actually grew in parts of prime outer London last month for the...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

Rents over three prime London areas rose by 1.9 per cent in the final quarter of 2018 according to property data...

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

High-end lettings agency Strutt & Parker says the take-up of new rental tenancies decreased by 5.4 per cent over 2018 as...

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...

Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...

TV property pundit Phil Spencer, who now runs property advice site MoveIQ, says letting agents may introduce new administration fees on...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

Knight Frank has issued a relatively upbeat assessment of the prime London lettings market as the year draws to a close.  Firstly...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

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

The take up of new rental tenancies across prime central London decreased by no less than 12.7 per cent in the...

The number of lettings listings in prime central London fell 18 per cent in the year to September, says Knight Frank. The...

The Leaders Romans Group has revealed its acquisition of yet another independent agency - Property Concept. Based in Clifton, Bristol, Property Concept is...

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...

Urgent action is needed to tackle discrimination against benefit claimants by buy to let mortgage providers according to a leading trade...

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

Fergus Wilson, frequently labelled Britain’s biggest individual landlord, says he is stopping letting out properties because of a shortage of East...

The growth in tenancies agreed in London’s super-prime sector has slowed sharply from 20 per cent earlier this year to just...

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 Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

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

North west lettings and student accommodation specialist Mistoria Group has purchased an independent with 200 properties under management across Greater Manchester.  The...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

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

A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...

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

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

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

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

The Leaders Romans Group has snapped up yet another small independent agency - GPS Property Management based at Ravenshead in Nottinghamshire. For...

Agents and others wishing to respond to the official consultation on government proposals for longer tenancies have only until late evening...

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

A leading trade body says EU citizens living in the UK run the risk of losing their rental homes without swift...

Controversial landlord Fergus Wilson has increased rents on all new tenancies in his property portfolio by £50 a week because of...

CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...

Chestertons has announced record lettings results for the first half of 2018, claiming growth in market share and increased productivity. The agency...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired Upp Property Lettings in Oakham and Stamford. The acquisition will see the existing Leaders branch in...

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

Yet another leading lettings agent has hit out at the government over its proposals for three year tenancies being the norm...

The British Property Federation says there are now 124,037 Build To Rent homes complete, under construction and in planning across the...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

Close examination of the consultation document on possible three year tenancies issued by the government suggest that it may want rent...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

Arguments have already started over the government’s proposals to make three year tenancies the norm in the private rental sector. Letting Agent...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

A PropTech company chief is backing the controversial idea of spot checks on private rental sector properties in a bid to...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

A trade body is advising landlords and agents acting on their behalf to take precautions to protect their investments if they...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

A Build To Rent company that scrapped deposits for tenants a year ago says it has saved renters almost £3m in...

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...

The government has announced that it is to formally consult on proposals for longer tenancies in the private rental sector. Although there...

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

Strutt & Parker says the take up of new rental tenancies in prime central London in the first quarter of this...

Research by a prominent letting agency suggests that the majority of renters in his city would be happy to sign tenancy...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...

A leading Conservative peer says the government should cut taxes for buy to let investors and regard them as part of...

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

A growing number of over 60s in the UK are renting, according to new research from the Centre for Ageing Better. It...

The British Property Federation is calling upon more councils to support Build To Rent following the government’s recognition of the sector in...

Belvoir says there is no evidence of a large-scale sell-off of buy to let properties by beleaguered landlords, but 85 per...

Well over twice as many Scottish tenants have seen their rents rise at the start of the year compared to those...

Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has launched a scheme of 29 two, three and four bedroom houses aimed...

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

Vesper Homes, a high-end London property management firm, has developed an Alexa Skill which will mean landlords and tenants can receive...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

A new PropTech platform has launched today linking tenants’ rental payments with their Experian credit histories, as well as providing reports...

The troubled PropTech firm Goodlord - which creates software to allow tenancies to be handled on a single system - has...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest lenders, Santander, is allowing its buy to let landlord borrowers to offer assured shorthold tenancies...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

One of Scotland’s leading lettings and estate agencies, Galbraith, has given the thumbs up to a new tenancy process introduced north...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

The buy to let sector should prepare itself for issues which may arise if the government goes ahead with its intention...

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

A campaigning letting agent says that at the start of this financial year the total cash value of deposits held in...

The typical rent of a prime Home Counties property rose by 1.2 per cent in the third quarter of this year,...

EweMove - the online agency which is at the centre of a merger battle between its parent company and a rival...

  At Rent4sure we understand the challenges and increasing responsibilities that face every letting agent right now. With government plans for an outright...

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.1 per cent during September according to HomeLet.   HomeLet says last month’s rise continues...

Fixflo has teamed up with ARLA Propertymarket to launch a new Tenancy Builder tool to enable agents to easily build tenancy...

A new survey by a property insurance firm suggests more than half of private rental sector tenants have remained in the same...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

A trade body says the expanding Build To Rent sector will never be large enough to meet tenant demand and as...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...

A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...

Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a new guide for agents, landlords and tenants on how to make concluding a lease...

A new Build To Rent scheme from specialist developer Get Living is to charge from £410 a week for units at...

Prime Central London’s lettings market has improved gradually during the first two quarters of the year according to JLL.   It says transaction...

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...

An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...

A 3-in-1 referencing solution to help agents secure safer tenancies. Rent4sure’s 3-in-1 referencing solution has been specifically designed to help agents secure...

Younger people will have more difficulty finding rented accommodation in coming months as a substantial proportion of landlords actively cut back...

The BBC’s reality programme The Week The Landlords Moved In should act as an eye-opener for the lettings industry when it...

Activity in the super prime London market, where tenants are prepared to pay £5,000 or more per week for a home,...

Draker, which describes itself as the largest lettings-only agency in Kensington and Chelsea, has now expanded by opening a new office...

The current ‘busy season’ for lettings turnovers at the end of student terms would be made significantly easier if agents and...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has been told in no uncertain terms by the government that changes to Energy Performance Certificate scheduled...

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities.   That’s...

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...

Barbon Insurance Group, owner of HomeLet, today formally launches what it calls a "revolutionary" rent payment system aimed at locking tenants into...

Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

Southwark council in south London is sending leaflets to all its leaseholders to warn them that letting out homes on any...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

A Build to Rent scheme in Salford is launching this week with tenants moving in to purpose-built rental accommodation at 'The...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

In a blog which appears - perhaps surprisingly - to be supportive of Theresa May’s General Election manifesto, campaigning charity Shelter...

Data gathered for a specialist insurance firm suggests that 14 per cent of private tenants have moved in the last five...

Agents are being warned to ensure they serve eviction notices correctly as the ‘peak eviction’ summer period arrives.  Specialist tenant referencing service...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

Rents on new tenancies in London fell by 1.2 per cent over the past 12 months to April - the first...

The British Property Federation says it is doing all it can to urge the fledgling Build To Rent sector to fall...

The number of people committing to tenancies for two years or more is declining according to new data released by Foxtons.   In...

New data from HomeLet shows that rental price inflation in the UK remained modest during March, increasing a small amount for...

The number of prospective new tenants in the Home Counties over the first three months of the year has risen 15...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...

ARLA Propertymark says it will launch a campaign against the government’s proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants “in...

The fall in rents across prime central London’s lettings market are slowing according to Knight Frank. It claims rents have dropped 4.9...

A letting agent has been jailed for keeping more than £15,000 in client deposits. Thirugnanaselvam Damayantharan ran See Own Properties in Purley and...

Contrary to a number of trends identified by lettings organisations and surveys of tenants, an insurance firm is claiming that longer-term...

As the introduction of new energy efficiency regulations moves closer, landlords are being urged to check the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...

Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...

Tenants in private rented housing are staying longer than ever in their current homes as the proportion of tenants with children...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

Four in 10 people who rent a home expect still to be renting a property for up to a decade, according...

An online platform describing itself as a ‘matchmaker’ for prospective flatmates is temporarily offering letting agents free listings in a bid...

The government has stepped in to clear up misunderstandings emerging from the Housing White Paper following its high profile call for...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

Government leaks to the Observer newspaper suggest that the Housing White Paper will show a huge policy shift towards renting - and may...

Rents in the UK were an average of just 0.7 per cent higher last month than in January 2016, the latest...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...

Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says it is encouraging its London landlords to avoid rent rises and instead focus on retaining...

Prime rents in the Home Counties dipped 0.8 per cent last year, but with the speed of fall appearing to be...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...

Citizens Advice says some 39 per cent of people living with their children in rented homes have a tenancy of six months...

Councils have been told to up their game to protect tenants from a minority of landlords providing sub-standard accommodation.   The call, being...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

  Over a third of landlords have never used a letting agent and manage all their properties themselves.    That is the finding of...

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...