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A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly.  Research by furnishings provider...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

The end of the stamp duty holiday, which was introduced in July 2020, is now only a few weeks away. The upcoming...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

Rental stock has dropped as landlords seek to profit from the staycation boom, Rightmove claims. Data from the portal suggests seaside towns...

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...

Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...

More than a third of renters haven’t taken out contents insurance for their possessions. Analysis by insurance provider Trōv has found that...

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...

There’s been a call for government to do more to support letting agents as an autumn of rental reform begins. Mark Hayward,...

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

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

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

Agents who are members of The Guild of Property Professionals and who have been hit by the uncertainties surrounding outsourced property...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...

Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities is extending the regulations for the period of notice a landlord must give a tenant before...

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

John D Wood - one of two high end brands formerly owned by Countrywide but recently acquired by Connells - is...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark.  The average number...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Lettings once again dominated the complaints received by The Property Ombudsman according to its latest annual report - out today but...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Demand for private rental housing is now at a five year high according to the National Residential Landlords Association. In the association’s...

A prominent lettings agency owner has given his verdict on the concept of charging renters to view a property - “it...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

Earlier this week Propertymark revealed it had co-signed an open letter criticising proposed government cuts to benefits.  That open letter was co-signed...

The tide is turning for the London rental market at last according to data from the Benham and Reeves lettings agency. In...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

New data from Connells-owned agency Hamptons shows that nationally the rate of annual rental growth moderated slightly last month. Rents across Britain rose...

The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...

Another index is showing that a scarcity of rental properties has prompted a rise in every single region of Britain -...

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...

Prop Home, a new online property management and lettings agency, pledges to “transform the way rented homes are managed on behalf...

Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

Research carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has highlighted each landlord has an average of 1.3 tenants with rent arrears...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

Agents will be aware that demand for rental property is high right now - so a property consultancy has worked out...

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

A tenant who says his former rental property has been turned into an Airbnb has set up a petition demanding Chancellor...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Propertymark has given its support to a free and independent dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service, which is being offered to...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

A Labour council leader has hit after being attacked for his support for buy to let and property investment. Last week we...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...

Zero Deposit has outlined three top tips for letting agents - with a focus on what the Proptech firm calls “customer...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

A respected buy to let mortgage monitor is suggesting that investors in the sector may be more successful if they allow...

The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...

The government has updated its guidance for agents, landlords and tenants to explain the possession action process in the county courts...

A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales.  Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...

Californian PropTech firm Trov, specialising in digital insurance for tenants, has announced a deal with major UK rental companies.  The deal is...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

Agents say not enough is being done to help tenants with Covid-related problems - and that’s despite the issue repeatedly being...

Online lettings agency Accommodation has pledged to plant a new tree for every property let - it has already planting 1,190...

A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

Complaints referred to the Property Redress Scheme against its members grew by more than a quarter during 2020. In its annual report...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons has declared the bottom of the rental market for Inner London, saying it’s now on the...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

The Letting Partnership has been recognised for its excellence in Innovation, winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. The supplier’s HealthChecks are widely...

As we slowly ease out of lockdown and back to something closer to normality, some legacies of the pandemic will be...

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

There’s good news for the buy to let sector today as an independent mortgage market monitor reports a 15-month high in...

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are.  According to the latest analysis, by the...

It always pays to rely on the services of a reputable referencing company. The lure of free credit checks or basic referencing...

The John Lewis Partnership has released more details of an ambitious plan to build and furnish private rental properties. In a bid...

The average UK rent now stands at a record £1,007 per calendar month - the highest ever, according to HomeLet. It’s up...

It’s been yet another strong month for the rental market as reported in the latest statistics from PropTech supplier Goodlord. Voids dropped...

Demand continues to build in prime lettings markets in London and the Home Counties, with Knight Frank data showing the number...

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...

A new maintenance management app connecting agents and their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’ faults onto a dashboard,...

A new £10m grant will be introduced in part of the UK to help private rented tenants struggling to pay rent...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has teamed up with an accommodation service to supply short lets. Users who find short lets through the...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

A rogue tenant has tried to bribe two letting agents with hush money after they discovered his cannabis growing factory. Anisi Hamollari,...

ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...

There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...

The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...

A lettings agent who wants tenants to take out policies to fund complaints against agencies and landlords has branded the social...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

A PropTech company says sloppy referencing by agents and landlords effectively means that around a third of prospective tenants are discriminated...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...

Almost 40,000 people have signed a petition urging rent caps for private tenants and hefty tax rises for second home owners. The...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...

There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

A poll of over 1,300 renters by a flat share platform suggests that over half have been deterred from moving in...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

The prime London rental market is still in the doldrums but the rent falls are less pronounced than before.  Knight Frank says...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...

The increasingly strong rental market is set to last throughout summer and beyond according to the latest analysis by PropTech platform...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

A Labour council in London is taking the unusual measure of threatening landlords with community protection notices - associated with anti-social...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

Rents in London have risen an average six per cent this year, a leading agency claims - and some areas are...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

Fresh data from Knight Frank shows how uncertainty continues to dog the lettings market in some parts of central London. There appears...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

Insurance provider Paymentshield and rental referencing firm Goodlord have teamed up for a second five-year partnership.  Under the agreement, the PropTech firm...

A referencing service provider has launched a portal designed to improve commission-based revenue streams for letting agents.  Vouch says its Home Move...

A leading buy to let mortgage expert has backed the government’s pledge to issue a White Paper and additional consultation before...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...

The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...

Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...

Many letting agents fail to conduct the obligatory identity checks on landlord clients according to an industry supplier. Blinc UK says that...

A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...

A Build To Rent operator say it is promoting the concept of private tenants being allowed pets - and it takes a...

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...

Agents are being warned about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding rental property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest provider of...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech company Goodlord shows rents holding steady across England but as lockdown restrictions ease voids...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

Activists from the Acorn renters' campaign group have held a protest outside a branch of Chancellors in Oxford. The group says the...

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...

One of the country’s largest lettings operations has outlined the challenges it faced during the Coronavirus crisis. LSL Property Services’ latest trading statement...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

The managing director of Fixflo, Rajeev Nayyar, says the pandemic has changed the context in which agents should view tenants’ complaints. In...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

Real estate fund management company Moorfield has teamed up with PropTech company Bricklane to buy a portfolio of 2,000 homes to...

Rents across the wider London commuter belt continued to rise in the first three months of the year, according to a...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...

New PropTech company Ministry of Rooms says its platform has 350 landlords and agents signed up in its first six weeks. The property-tenant matching...

Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s...

A group of rental campaign bodies have come together to claim that some 694,000 tenants apparently face eviction when the current...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

A lettings agent in Slough, called Saville Park Ltd, has been excluded from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay an outstanding award of £300.  TPO received a complaint from tenants...

A survey by a comparison website suggests landlords are evenly split about how they find letting agents. Some 28 per cent favour physically searching...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

Average rents in prime central London declined 14.3 per cent in the year to March - but one agency reckons that may be...

One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...

Letting agents body ARLA Propertymark has joined the criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan who wants to be given the power...

London rents have started to fall again - just as every other region of Britain is showing significant annual increases. Figures for...

Inventories PropTech service Inventory Hive has integrated with Reapit via its Foundations platform, meaning agents who use both services will be...

Rent guarantees and upfront cash payments from local authorities are the most effective means of opening the private rented sector to...

The government has at last released details of its mediation scheme - this was hinted at when Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

The property market has performed strongly in recent months  as the impact of the pandemic has encouraged more people to move...

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

Average rents across the UK have risen for the fourth time in as many months according to the HomeLet index. Typical rent...

Leaders Romans Group is launching a consultancy and management service for Build To Rent developers - a bid to engage with institutions in...

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

A House of Lords committee is urging the government to find alternatives to court possession cases in a bid to deal...

Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...

Momentum is building to have the Tenant Fees Act amended, allowing agents to charge tenants for damage insurance which would then...

Letting agents have been accused of creating confusion amongst renters when it comes to smart meters. A company promoting smart meters claims...

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

A charity is calling for a new national body to oversee the private rental sector. Citizens Advice makes this one of three...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

The private rental sector has new electricity regulations taking effect next week, putting the emphasis on agents and landlords. The Electrical Safety...

A lettings trade body says the sector - and local councils - should do more to cater for the older and...

The government has revised its official guidance for the private rental sector and local authorities in the light of imminently-changing Coronavirus advice. The...

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

OnTheMarket now owns PropTech firm Glanty outright. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet, a cloud-based lettings software service. Glanty's revenues grew...

A London council has embarked on consultation over two new private rental licensing schemes - and says they are needed as...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic. Thangam Debbonaire made...

Almost one year to the day since the first national lockdown began, Rightmove has analysed millions of data points to confirm...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

Uncertain market means additional revenue streams are more important than ever The last year has been an uncertain period for many business...

A charity wants yet another extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. Step Change says new research it has conducted shows...

The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

Many months on from its call for evidence, an influential committee of MPs has still to report on whether it considers...

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

As we emerge out of the pandemic there is a growing need for agents to reflect on how the lettings business...

The head of a lettings agency says there are up to 60 enquiries for every rental property he lists - and those...

The Law Society says it’s concerned about how the government will taper the end of the eviction ban, now extended until...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

Foxtons has made no bones about how it sees future growth - it wants to acquire lettings books from other agencies. “There...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

Rightmove says falling rents in central London have led to a surge in interest from prospective tenants. Rightmove has analysed over 23 million...

One of the leading deposit alternative providers, flatfair, has partnered with a major property management service with some 3,000 tenants. The deal...

Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.”  Chief...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...

An inventory supplier to the lettings industry is advising agents to make sure they spot early signs of pet damage in...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil.  Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

A London agency says the lettings sector in the capital appears to be reacting positively to the government's roadmap out of...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

February was another strong month for the lettings market according to the latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord. The average cost...

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

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

A PropTech supplier says rental market activity remains relatively robust through this third lockdown, with a 25 per cent drop in...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...