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15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency appoints seasoned management figure as new director](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
Lettings and property management agency Xenia Lettings has appointed a new director. Daryl Tomlinson first entered the industry in 2007 as a...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Crisis - big rise in countryside lets as rural house prices soar](/upload/images/shutterstock_1438059821.jpg)
England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy cash ‘stolen’ by government will worsen rental crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
An umbrella group called London Councils has expressed “extreme concern” at the government’s decision to stop letting local authorities keep money...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Council buys private homes to let to families on waiting list](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(2).jpg)
Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Private rental demand to soar if bankrupt council ends social housing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...
12 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![British Homes for British Workers - Experts, activists unite in opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent unhappy at “missed opportunity” to help rental and other housing sectors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent says second home clampdown is no answer to long-term shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why do politicians pursue failed policy of rent controls? - agent asks](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country. It says rental...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![More Airbnbs than families on waiting lists - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Scottish leader is bad news for rental sector, warns agent](/upload/images/Scottish%20parlament%20house%20shutterstock_293979215.jpg)
New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Largest lettings agency hosts open day for new branch tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/LRG%20_Head_Office-695x395.png)
The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow. It employed 20 people and lettings director...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council campaigns for rent controls - with no power to introduce them](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent-Mobile-400x310.png)
A new survey has been launched to gather views from people in a major English city on the idea of introducing...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls Fail Worldwide - agent lists disastrous consequences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls crush hopes for thousands of affordable homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze “chaos” as politician cannot give details - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_Return_on_Time.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politician wants Airbnb hosts to switch properties to long-term rentals](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
A politician has called on Airbnb hosts in his local area to switch their properties to long-term rentals. Isle of Wight councillor...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ethical Lettings Agency charges ultra-low fees](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs equal homeless people, triggering call for short let controls](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CornwallHomes400x310.png)
Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Councils warn that Airbnbs threaten mainstream rental supply](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blasts government for unaffordable homes](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![International firm lets 20 flats in 12 weeks at fast-growing London site](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/sothebys%20400%20x%20310.png)
It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agencies described as ‘Blockbuster stores of today’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
A lettings agent who sold his business to Chestertons last year has claimed the sector has come to the “end of...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Council seeks private rental sector help to ease waiting list problems](/img/default/lat.png)
A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Council says 11,000 homes in its patch are on short-let sites](/img/default/lat.png)
The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Law Breakers! Half of Airbnb-style properties ignore 90-night limit - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency speaks out against long-term empty homes](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Under Attack: campaign grows to regulate short lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Former Labour councillor jailed after years of housing fraud](/img/default/lat.png)
A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Housing association appeals to private landlords for help](/img/default/lat.png)
The housing association Cadwyn is calling for private sector landlords with properties in Cardiff to lease their houses to those on...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Records broken by London lettings agency for new lets and renewals](/img/default/lat.png)
One of London’s most respected independent lettings agencies has given a hugely upbeat report on the capital’s lettings market performance throughout...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Crisis? What crisis? London lettings agency reports busiest-ever quarter](/img/default/lat.png)
One of London’s most respected lettings agencies says it’s recorded its best-ever quarter for business - defying claims from some that...