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A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...

A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Troubled online agency Purplebricks says it’s going to finally release its full year figures in the first week of August -...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

Tenants are being offered what’s called a “fixed price green energy option” ahead of another fuel price hike this autumn. The deal...

The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

Low supply has kept rental growth high - and it’s unlikely to slow any time soon. Knight Frank says it expects stock...

An interesting survey conducted by the Lincolnshire Live news website suggests a lack of support for some proposals in the government’s...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

A lettings agency is alleged to have used violence and vandalism over a prolonged period against the tenants of at least...

An agency has snapped up its second independent in 12 months. James Douglas Sales and Lettings has acquired Leek and Weston in...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

Agents with landlord clients who let properties in Central West Bromwich are being reminded to check if they should apply for...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

Part of the Connells empire, John D Wood & Co., is moving to a larger office in a lettings hotspot in...

Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

What looks suspiciously like a government leak to the Daily Mail says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will be unveiled...

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...

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

A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...

A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...

A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...

More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims.  The...

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations where it will build new rental homes. The properties “would offer the...

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...

Housing minister Eddie Hughes has categorically stated that the government is not considering rent controls in England. In a written reply to...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

Business partners the Post Office and PropTech firm Yoti have become the first certified digital identity service providers to be entitled...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

Activists are calling on the government to impose swingeing taxes on some lettings properties “to bring them back into the residential...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...

A prominent letting agency on the south coast of England, Mishon Mackay, says PropTech is allowing it to offer a unique...

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...

Crossrail rental values have climbed by 15 per cent on average in the last year alone - before this week’s opening...

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

Many private renters are misguided on what actually contributes to their credit score and thus may not be taking the correct...

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

One of the country’s best-regarded lettings agencies celebrates its 50th birthday today. The Oxford-based Finders Keepers was founded in 1972, starting out...

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...

A senior lettings chief says the supply drought is making the rental market as overheated now as at any time in...

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...

Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...

A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...

A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

A high end agency brand says pricing in the rental market continues to rise because of demand exceeding supply - and...

A London agency says properties in its patch let in just five days.  Draker Lettings in Fulham has just 22 available instructions...

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

Rental values in prime areas of London are now nine per cent higher than they before the pandemic, with Knight Frank...

Research from price comparison service Comparethemarket suggests that 48 per cent of renters do not have contents insurance. Of those, more than...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

Letting agents in one part of the UK need to be ready for the most significant changes to the private rental...

The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

Rents in prime areas of London are nine per cent higher today than before the pandemic according to Knight Frank.  The high...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit is launching a new option which it says gives tenants more flexibility to split the guarantee...

A leading lettings sector commentator believes today’s local elections may not directly change the private rental sector but could have a...

The average rent in the UK has hit another record high of £1,091 after a 1.2 per cent increase in the...

Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...

The chief executive of Propertymark says a warning from agents about rents rising and stock diminishing as a result of a...

London lettings platform Rentd says a property rented with bills included may be convenient but it will also be expensive. Rentd says...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

An activist group claims that homeless cases arising from Section 21 evictions are now at their highest level since records began...

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...

A prominent industry supplier says lettings agents must be increasingly transparent on the services they provide - not just to landlords...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

New research appears to be adding to the momentum to have more flexibility over pets in private rental accommodation.  Nearly one in...

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...

An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...

A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...

A new and huge private rental licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...

The number of properties available for let in prime central parts of the capital has consistently trended down from the peak...

The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...

The head of a retirement rentals brand says the phenomenon of the elderly tenant is on the increase. Jamie Turnbull, business director...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

The continuing shortage of supply in the lettings market is not only producing record high asking rents, but is also pushing demand...

A new insurance-based service claims to allow tenants to avoid paying deposits upfront when they rent. Husmus assesses and rates tenants and...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...

An independent agency in London has ditched its company cars and gone over to e-bikes instead when it’s representatives attend viewings. Taylor...

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

Propertymark has stepped up its call for a dedicated Housing Tribunal to improve mediation and enhanced dispute resolution. The trade body also...

New research claims to show the rent gap between lets in London and those in suburbs up to an hour from the...

The Property Franchise Group says that in the past year the number of managed properties it handles has risen from 58,000...

Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...

Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...

A leading lettings agency says increasing numbers of tenants are seeking pet-friendly homes to rent. Chestertons claims up to 35 per cent...

The allAgents reviews platform is calling on letting agents to ensure rental properties’ energy suppliers have up to date meter readings...

Homes headed by a person over the age of 45 will account for at least half of all privately renting households...

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...

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

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

Another council is to conduct a consultation process to expand selective and additional licensing schemes for the next five years. Under existing...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...

Rental affordability is deteriorating in parts of England. The research by rental platform Rentd looked at the current average income of a...

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

A council says it’s considering introducing criminal record checks on individuals who apply to run HMOs as part of a wide-ranging...

Expanding North East agency Hive Estates has acquired a Newcastle lettings business as part of its plans for growth - and...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

An online lettings agency says two thirds of landlords and tenants have ‘issues’ with their agents - and substantial numbers claim...

New data suggests a quarter of tenants up to their late 30s have typically moved home no fewer than 10 times...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...

A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...

A trade body says letting agents are receiving growing numbers of contracts from tenants wanting to take part in the Homes...

An agent’s plea to councillors to renew the HMO license for a landlord client fell on deaf ears in a controversial...

A local authority is launching an investigation into what housing options there are for younger people within its patch, and whether...

The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...

A major think tank is calling for a radical reform of the private rental sector. A report from the cross-party independent Social...

Rental portal Rentd says the pandemic-long decline in the London rental market is now “reversing at speed”. Rental values are climbing annually...

A London council is urging letting agents and landlords to sign a pledge to encourage tenants to use the local recycling...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...

Connells-owned lettings agency Hamptons is warning that the record-breaking rental growth of the past year has seen tenants pay a rocketing...

Lower income households, often found in the private rental sector, are set to bear the brunt of the rising inflation and...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...

Lettings agency Galbraith reports that landlords are now returning to the residential lets sector from holiday lets after several years without...

Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of HMOs in five wards where there are high numbers...

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...

With the steady introduction of rental platforms and apps designed to bypass letting agents and property managers in the tenancy process,...

Dawsons Property has acquired the rental portfolio of Liberty Properties in Swansea.  “We shall be looking to hold both landlord and tenant...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

A two-branch lettings agency in Hertfordshire has ceased trading and says it will soon be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. A statement...

CRM business platform Reapit has partnered with PropTech platform Notify to announce a software integration that claims to simplify utilities registration...

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

Rightmove says added functionality for its tenant referencing portal is now being tested and will be rolled out later this year. In...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has accused governments across the UK of using Covid 19 rule changes to slip in...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...

The central Birmingham branch of franchise giant Belvoir is celebrating its 15th anniversary by moving to a prestigious new city centre...

Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...

Cornwall has been in the spotlight as an area with an acute shortage of long-term rental properties because landlords have switched...

Propertymark has hit back at the latest demand by politicians for rent controls. The London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his call for...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

The UK Apartment Association - set up six years ago as a form of trade body for Build To Rent operators...

The Lettings Industry Council - which arguably has a low profile with agents - has become an industry partner of another...

The imposition of rent controls - urged by a growing number of politicians and pressure groups in different parts of the...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

Politicians across the UK appear to be growing more vocal in their support for rent controls. The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru...

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

A rental platform has revealed the wide disparity in rents to the north and south of the Thames in London, and...

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

The number of prospective tenants asked to provide guarantors ahead of renting has risen by a huge 36 per cent over...

Inventory Base Academy has launched its new course - how to start your own inventory operation. The new course is aimed at...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction.  And it warns that more renters are...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

It’s suggested that almost a third of pet-owning tenants have been hiding their animals from agents or landlords for more than...

Online agency Hortons, which operates its sales activities across five countries, has opened a lettings department. The new service will initially be...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

A suite of new ‘pet-let’ products is to be offered by The Lettings Hub, which already has some 1,000-plus agents on...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

Rightmove is advising the private rental sector not to pass on interest rate rises to tenants. Yesterday the Bank of England increased...

Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...

A prominent London buying agent says her property management team is letting out homes in the capital in a matter of...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...

Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...

Propertymark has expressed a sigh of relief at a decision this week by the Appeal Court, which ruled in favour of...

A lettings agency has gone on the offensive and is publishing landlords who switch from rivals because of allegedly poor service. And...

Semi-detached houses have overtaken terraced homes as the preferred property type landlords plan to buy, reflecting growing tenant demand for larger...

Asking rents in Britain are now rising at their fastest ever rate according to Rightmove. Average asking rents hit annual growth of...

Extending the length of Notice to Quit periods in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to up to six months...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

Tenants are complaining that lengthy application processes at lettings agencies contribute to their frustration at missing available properties.  The results of a...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...

There’s been yet another acquisition of an independent agency. Leeds-based property company, Adair Paxton, has snapped up longstanding Rothwell estate agent, William...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

Letting agents who embrace training and qualifications - beyond those which are mandatory - will help create trust and transparency. That’s the...

There’s still some way to go for the lettings market to return to its pre-pandemic best according to Knight Frank -...

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...

Gary Barker - the ex-Reapit supremo who controversially did not take up the role of chief executive at Boomin - is...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties.  David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...

A leading expert on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21 evictions...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

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

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

Flatfair has named a series of agents now signed up to its deposit alternative products. These include Jones Robinson, Haslams, Andrew Craig,...

Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...

The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...

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

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

One of the country’s oldest agencies may be under new ownership soon. The fast-expanding Lomond Group - which just last week announced...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

Bristol council has approved plans to introduce licensing in more parts of the city. Additional Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes will be...

A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...

How can agents improve their position in society? A report has been published following a roundtable discussion between prominent agency figures...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

Perhaps few letting agents consider giving anything like rewards to tenants, but if they did there might be a case for...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

For the first time since January 2020, rents in Inner London rose on an annual basis - they were up 3.9...

A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

The National Residential Landlords Association says average rent debt owed by tenants as a direct result of the pandemic is still...

A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...

The classic winter time arguments between tenants and agents over what is damp and what is mildew can be resolved by...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...

Purplebricks says its head of lettings has left after just eight months - and just days after a crisis involving tenant deposits. A Purplebricks...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

Tesco and Morrison supermarket chains are now selling Airbnb gift cards, which are also available from the short lets platform directly...