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

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, forcing more of them to...

Propertymark has backed the idea of a new property tribunal system for Wales to simplify court processes. The proposal merges nine current...

Propertymark’s policy and campaigns director is one of the founding members of a body called the Landlord Leaders Community, which has just...

Agency group My Property Box is continuing its long-term partnership with Darlington FC as sleeve sponsors for the 2023/24 season. The Darlington-headquartered...

Strathspey Capital is to become Scotland’s largest factoring business after acquiring Glasgow-based Speirs Gumley. Factoring is the term commonly used in Scotland...

Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

High end agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty - which has properties to let at up to an eye-watering cost of £80,000...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

A lettings agency which describes itself as “ethical” has been honoured with an award linked to the United Nations. Homes For Good...

It’s been an embarrassing weekend for Housing Secretary Simon Clarke - backing a candidate for the Tory leadership who didn’t turn...

An investment firm which has helped guide £100m into the UK buy to let market is to set up its second...

The next meeting of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has been delayed by a week. A tweet from the BoE...

A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...

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

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

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

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

Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

Britain’s largest supplier of purpose-built student accommodation, Unite, says students are bored with Zoom and will return en masse to their rental...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Online agency eXp UK has launched a new lettings service allowing agents who join the organisation can now offer a lettings...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

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

The short lets market aimed at international travellers may be in for a difficult time - even the co-founder and chief...

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

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

The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...

You don’t need to go far for news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to proposed...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

The two largest landlord trade groups are to merge. The National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association will unite to form...

More efforts are being made to urge London homeowners to consider short-term lets which in some cases can routinely earn an...

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

The UK’s student accommodation sector is still booming according to Knight Frank, despite Brexit creating uncertainty over the future of foreign...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

A trade body is claiming that armed service personnel who let out their homes whilst stationed away are being hit by...

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...

PropTech repairs company Fixflo has appointed digital guru Michael Murphy as non-executive chairman. Murphy has previously worked in high-growth and digital subscription...

PayProp had an exceedingly good 2017, enjoying excellent growth in client numbers, new regions – and, best of all, our customers’...

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...

Specialist mortgage lender Skipton International says it has received over £500m of expat mortgage enquiries for UK buy to let property...

It is being reported that one of the major providers of purpose-built student accommodation to let - Unite - could temporarily...

More than 100 criminal prosecutions have been secured against landlords since the start of an enforcement crackdown by Brent council in...

The UK arm of Sotheby's International Realty has announced that it has removed all letting agent fees while the government consults...

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...

1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...

One of the world’s largest ‘temporary furnished accommodation’ specialists is reported to have £20m to spend on renting property to re-let...

Airbnb’s co-founder says his short-lets platform will provide free housing “to refugees and anyone not allowed in the US.”   The offer, made...

Two landlord associations have criticised local councils for a lack of enforcement and failing to prosecute criminal landlords.  The Residential Landlords Association...

Reports from the United States suggest that Airbnb, which has already created a revolution in short-lets, is considering asking house builders...

An industry group says the family has overtaken the single person - living alone or sharing -  as the most common...

The most common reason people give for not writing a will is that they “haven’t got around to it yet”. Sound...

It’s been revealed that Airbnb - the online informal lettings service which can be used to by-pass letting agents - passes details...

Leading UK property agency enhances auditing and reporting while providing a better client experience. Company’s Top Objectives Romans is a 19-branch network of...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...