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The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

Mandatory smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms will be introduced to private rented sector properties in Northern Ireland.    Under the Smoke, Heat...

Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness.  Shelter has...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord reveals that rents are now up by 5.7% over the year.  The price per property over...

A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

A holiday lettings agency and an estate agent in a tourist hotspot have joined forces.  Suffolk Coastal will continue with its sales...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

There are more rental properties for tenants to choose from than any other time since Covid, according to London estate agency...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...

Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. Ludlow Thompson, founded 30 years ago, has seven branches in London, generating...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...