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A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

The government has revealed the dates of its so-called Christmas eviction truce. Agents will not be able to instruct bailiffs to complete...

A prominent PropTech figure says agents have a key role in reducing evictions in the short term - and he suggests...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

The Citizens Advice charity claims that new figures suggest concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home.  It...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

Some 60% of London office workers who rent in the capital say the pandemic has made them reconsider their living situation,...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

Prospective tenants are increasingly searching for properties outside of commuter hubs and urban areas, according to Rightmove. Its analysis of over 60 million...

Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

Martyn Gerrard Estate Agent is the latest agency to partner with a deposit alternative supplier - in this case flatfair.  Tenants at...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

Management software provider Goodlord has added Reapit to its list of integrations, with a preview for customers being available on a...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...

A council says it’s issued no fewer than 400 compliance notices to landlords since the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

The average rent across the UK is now £985 per calendar month, up some 2.1 per cent on four weeks ago...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...

ARLA and the NRLA have teamed up with charities - some usually critical of letting agents and landlords - to lobby...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

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

ARLA Propertymark says the number of new prospective tenants continued to rise in July, hitting the highest number on record. The average...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

Three agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards.  In the case of Foremost Lettings Ltd...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

The latest survey of buy to let landlords suggests a relatively healthy private rental sector notwithstanding the challenges of the Coronavirus...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...

The new director of campaign group Generation Rent says the government has caused “untold mental stress” to thousands of tenants. Commenting on...

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. Housing...

A vocal London lettings agent says it isn’t the responsibility of agents or their landlord clients to take the financial hit...

The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman says “after the incompetent handling of the exams fiasco, the government must act now to avoid more chaos...

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

A local authority is urging letting agents within its boundary to get in touch before serving eviction notices on private tenants. Gedling council...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

Greenwich council in London has resuscitated a proposal to extend its existing selective licensing regime, put on ice during the Coronavirus...

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

Research by a lettings agency suggests the pandemic has radically reshaped tenants’ demands. - and the process is still going on.  Benham...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

Tenants who want to pop downstairs to the shop may soon be able to do so - thanks to the John...

The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur is warning agents to prepare for increased rent arrears from as soon as next month. Neil Cobbold, chief...

The Citizens Advice charity is warning it has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears.  And it says many...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership with LettsPay, a client accounting platform - the latest in a lengthy series of API...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

A local authority has extended its consultation process for a selective licensing system which, if it goes ahead, would see some...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets.  And...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by the UK and other governments have hit the London rental market badly, an agency...

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...

The housing minister says the resumption of eviction possession court cases at the end of next month must be done in...

A survey claims 25 per cent of tenants are already at least a month behind in their rent. Of those private tenants...

There’s a warning that buy to let investors will simply hold on to properties and not sell them if rumoured Capital...

The Prime Minister has stepped into the ongoing row over a Labour claim that last week’s stamp duty holiday was merely...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

Campaigning charity Shelter says it is “doubling up” its efforts to make sure letting agents comply with anti-discrimination legislation when it...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...

Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...

A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the...

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears...

Deposits have risen as much as 24 per cent in the past year in some parts of the UK - according...

A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...

Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

Average room rents in the capital have dipped seven per cent compared to this time last year according to a flat-sharing...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

A PropTech platform claims to allow agents to generate a fully-compliant tenancy agreement with a standardised pet-friendly clause which includes a...

A survey suggests that 77 per cent of  buy to letinvestors believe their tenants can pay full rent during the Coronavirus...

Apropos is a revolutionary digital property management platform which has recently launched in the UK. The new property management platform has...

A westcountry landlord is only the second in England to have received a banning order preventing him from letting or managing...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

Research from franchise giant Belvoir is the latest to show what may be rapidly changing aspirations from private tenants. “The results confirm...

The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...

Proptech platform Residently claims its technology is now “free to the property sector.” The platform currently offers a contactless rental process which...

The industry’s major landlord trade body is urging its members to write to MPs to explains what it calls “the devastating...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

Knight Frank is the latest agency to produce evidence that the lettings sector has rebounded in the four weeks since the...

Harrow council in north London has launched a formal consultation on its plan to renew its landlord licensing scheme in the...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

The chairman of an agency chain is advising landlords to prepare for stock surpluses in some areas and to win tenants...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

A PropTech service says it wants to by-pass professional agents and cater just for self-managing landlords.  What’s more, it’s promoting the fact...

Landlords have expressed disappointment at the government decision to extend the ban on evictions by a further two months.  It will be...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

The government is extending the eviction ban for a further two months. A tweet early this evening from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick...

Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

Demand in the prime London lettings market is catching up with supply, reducing short-term downwards pressure on rental values. That’s the view...

ARLA Propertymark has put out a call for agents to provide support to vulnerable tenants who may be self-isolating during the...

The so-called King and Queen of Buy To Let, the controversial husband and wife team of Fergus and Judith Wilson, are...

A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

A new app called Rentd by-passes lettings agents but charges landlords £799 for a full listing. Landlords pay the one-off £799 fixed...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A new survey of COVID-19 related rental arrears shows that fewer than five per cent of tenants are behind with their...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

There’s been a surge in Google searches for issues concerning renters’ rights during the Coronavirus crisis. Research by heating company Boiler Plan...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...

Citizens Advice claims that in the two months since the lockdown began it has helped over 10,000 people with issues related...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

An online lettings agency says landlords should take up mortgage holiday offers and be willing to accept reduced rent during the...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

A landlord website claims the current ban on evictions is not to be extended beyond its scheduled close of June 29...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

A mailing list operated by the left wing activists’ group Momentum has been used to win support for a rent strike...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants, especially after...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities.  Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Deposit alternative service Flatfair has launched a tool for letting agents to help administer arrears run up by tenants during the...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

A commission investigating affordable homes in the UK has called for annual private sector rent increases to be limited to a...

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...

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

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...

There was just a two per cent rise in late rental payments over the last month according to figures from an...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

The boss of a company that manages thousands of properties across the UK claims some tenants should be able to ask...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus.  The National...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

Hot weather combined with a lockdown can only mean one thing - a record number of searches for rental properties with...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the key for getting through the virus crisis is good communications, both with clients...

Lettings PropTech company teclet has announced that its partnership with the Mortgage Advice Bureau has been extended to offer mortgage and...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

A lettings agency is asking tenants who cannot afford to pay rent during the Coronavirus crisis to sign a ‘moral contract’ that...

The Generation Rent pressure group, fiercely critical of agents and landlords in recent months, wants the government to implement a 12 month...

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The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

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Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...