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Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

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

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

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

Lavanda, a student lettings property management tech supplier, has announced a partnership with UPP, a student accommodation provider working in partnership...

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

A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...

The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year.  Knight Frank says that compared to the...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

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

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

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

Rental growth in prime areas of London has climbed to multi-year highs according to new data from Knight Frank.  While only a...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

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

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

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

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand claims there’s been a rise in the number of universities enquiring about white label deals, as...

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 pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

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

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

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

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

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

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

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

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

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

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

High end agency JLL says it’s seen a consistent rise in London owners becoming landlords, with a 15.3 per cent increase...

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

A local authority in Manchester is pioneering a ban to prevent buyers of homes at a new development from selling them to private...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

University towns in the north of England and the Midlands score highest when it comes to yields and capital appreciation. The assessment...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

Salford-based student-focussed lettings agency Student Haus has been acquired by the Mistoria Group, which runs Mistoria Estate Agents in the north...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

The UK's second city Birmingham takes top spot when it comes to student property returns for buy-to-let investors. Analysis by online letting...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

There’s more evidence today that the largest buy to let investment yields are coming from the north of England and the...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...

ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...

A league table drawn up by a rental sector insurance specialist claims private rental accommodation in university locations can produce yields...

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...

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

Student landlords are concerned that fast-track two-year degrees could have an impact on their rental businesses. This is according to StudentTenant.com, which...

Despite what many in the industry believe to be an upsurge in specialist student accommodation construction in recent years, one student...

The government is considering a ban on the display of To Let boards in parts of Leicester following a council bid...

Average rents in some of the UK's most popular university locations have increased significantly over the last year, according to SpareRoom.co.uk. As...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...

Discussions between a landlord group and the government has resulted with additional clarity being given for Right to Rent checks on...

A new survey claims there is a serious shortfall of appropriate quality accommodation for students.  The research, conducted amongst 500 students and...