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21 January 2021
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The rate of rental growth accelerated sharply in December according to Countrywide agency brand Hamptons. Its research department shows that over the...
18 January 2021
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There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...
14 January 2021
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A rental market snapshot says the UK-wide lettings picture is dragged down by Greater London's excess of supply, and by the...
13 January 2021
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A leading market commentator and PropTech chief says the extension of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban was predictable, but presents agents with...
13 January 2021
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Propertymark has thrown its weight behind an idea from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to create a mediation service to arbitrate in...
11 January 2021
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While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...
11 January 2021
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The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions for private renters has been extended in England and Wales. This will be until February 21 “at...
08 January 2021
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Only 0.3 per cent of all tenancies in England and Wales ended with a dispute over the deposit in the six...
04 January 2021
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Rent arrears in the private sector have actually dipped from their pandemic peak over the past two months - but they...
31 December 2020
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A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...
22 December 2020
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A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...
22 December 2020
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There is mounting evidence that rental growth is picking up steam, according to the latest analysis by Countrywide brand Hamptons. Average rents...
15 December 2020
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Chris Hope, senior partner at Dawsons and Fine & Country agencies, will be one of the main speakers at a prestigious...
15 December 2020
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ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...
26 November 2020
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Councillors from a town council in Wales are to be given an audience with the country’s First Minister to discuss the...
24 November 2020
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The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...
10 November 2020
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An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...
04 November 2020
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It is thought likely that the new four week lockdown in England coming into effect on Thursday will mean evictions will...
02 November 2020
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The government is asking bailiffs not to enforce court possession orders in areas with the highest Coronavirus restrictions. So although evictions can...
26 October 2020
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Belvoir has opened its third office in Swansea - but like other agency branches in Wales, it’s set to close for...
21 October 2020
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ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...
21 October 2020
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The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...
20 October 2020
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The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...
20 October 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has welcomed the creation of a financial lifeline for tenants in Wales in arrears because of Coronavirus. The association has...
08 October 2020
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Rents in the UK dropped in six of the eight regions monitored by PropTech supplier Goodlord. During September, the average rent for...
08 October 2020
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The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...
07 October 2020
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A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...
24 September 2020
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The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...
22 September 2020
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Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...
04 September 2020
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The ARLA Propertymark president for the year ahead is a long-standing board member with significant experience in regulation. Angela Davey succeeds Phil...
03 September 2020
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Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...
03 September 2020
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A council says it's identified hundreds of rental properties within its boundaries which apparently do not comply with key energy efficiency...
02 September 2020
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Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...
02 September 2020
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A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years. In a...
28 August 2020
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The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...
20 August 2020
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A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...
19 August 2020
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The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...
17 August 2020
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The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...
14 August 2020
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The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...
12 August 2020
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A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...
07 August 2020
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The number of new prospective tenants has risen markedly according to figures from ARLA Propertymark. In June - the latest data available...
31 July 2020
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The lettings market in Wales reopened almost fully yesterday. ARLA Propertymark, which has analysed the restrictions that were in place until this...
28 July 2020
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The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...
24 July 2020
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A new mortgage product aimed at buy to let investors wanting to enjoy a slice of the holiday home staycation market...
17 July 2020
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Average rents in most regions of the UK have fallen slightly in the past month according to the latest HomeLet market...
10 July 2020
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While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...
09 July 2020
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The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...
03 July 2020
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ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end...
02 July 2020
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One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...
01 July 2020
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In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end...
01 July 2020
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The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
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A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The next formal review of lockdown processes in Wales takes place today, with high expectation that the housing market is likely...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...
15 June 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall. Data from Hamptons International...
15 June 2020
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The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...
11 June 2020
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A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...
08 June 2020
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PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...
03 June 2020
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A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...
27 May 2020
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Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
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Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International. In April the average...
18 May 2020
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The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Seven out of 10 tenancies that were due to end in March were renewed according to Hamptons International - the highest...
27 April 2020
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A Wales holiday lettings agency has worked with owner-clients to offer free holidays to frontline healthcare workers when the crisis has...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...
10 April 2020
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A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Demand for rental properties has predictably plummeted thanks to the lockdown. Data from PropTech company Goodlord shows that while a surge for...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice. A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...
20 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
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The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...
09 March 2020
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The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...
20 February 2020
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Another housing market snapshot suggests demand and confidence are improving as a result of the new political and economic landscape following...
17 February 2020
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Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that even in the south west of England - where renters...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...
03 February 2020
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A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21. The call comes from the Law Society for...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has named Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard Selwyn stepping down last year due to personal circumstances. Davey has...
22 January 2020
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A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...
21 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...
21 January 2020
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The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord. Five out of the...
08 January 2020
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A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...
02 January 2020
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This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings market snapshot by referencing firm HomeLet shows the average rent in the UK is now £947. This is up...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have created a matrix for letting agents and landlords about...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost 40 per cent of battery-powered smoke alarms failed to activate in residential fires in England in the past year –...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales. Letting agents...
11 December 2019
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A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Franchise Group has issued an upbeat trading statement indicating that it’s mitigated much of the financial impact of the...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another survey of private landlords show a majority feeling less confident about the market than they were three months ago. Last week...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords’ confidence in their lettings business has slumped to an all-time low, according to research by the National Landlords Association. In a...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has issued an unusual statement saying that the veteran lettings expert recruited to steer the organisation through the tenant fee...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows some regions enjoying lower void periods with others slower to stabilise. Specifically, the...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s monthly rental index - based on achieved rather than advertised rents on newly let properties - says the average rent...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A rental market slump in September has led to a rise in average void periods across many parts of England and...
03 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

safeagent’s Rent Smart Wales training course has been given the scheme’s top ‘High Assurance’ rating following its latest audit. Rent Smart Wales,...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir. The franchise...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A long-established agency in Wales says it’s shutting the sales side of its business and going to focus solely on lettings...
20 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...
12 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Average rents dropped in five of the eight UK regions monitored by property technology company Goodlord. The biggest drop was recorded in...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With less than four weeks to go to the start date of the Welsh Tenant Fees ban, the Association of Residential...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide. The...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...
15 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Welsh government is planning to make changes to the notice period for eviction which would see tenants given 12-month contracts...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Average rents performed strongly across many parts of the country last month, but floundered in London and the South East. Goodlord's Rental...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been no change to rental yields across the UK over the past month as the lettings market settles down...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month. That’s a 2.6 per cent...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures out this morning show that the over-50s are becoming a larger part of the rental market. So far this year...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is urging agents across England and Wales to ensure they have every preparation in place for the arrival of...
20 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...
13 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move. The agency says the typical...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...
15 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Renting Homes (Fees etc) (Wales) Bill passed its final hurdle in the Welsh Assembly yesterday evening. This has similar policies to...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A new index for the lettings sector in England and Wales by PropTech company Goodlord gives a clean bill of health...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

North Wales agency Dafydd Hardy has snapped up small independent Smith & Wypler as part of a new growth strategy. Smith &...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

New research on private renting and mental health in Wales has concluded that more support is required. The research was undertaken for...
21 February 2019
From: Breaking News

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos. Across Britain as...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from LSL Property Services once again shows that buy to let investors in northern regions have enjoyed...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Continued political and economic uncertainty is likely to fuel increased tenant demand in the private rented sector, says Haart. The company’s latest...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector in Wales could be offered incentives and other support to house those most in need, the Welsh...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents are rising very gently across almost all of England and Wales with only London and East Anglia showing falls in...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A government minister says the phrase ”rogue landlord” is too “cuddly” and he wants buy to let investors who broke the...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...
08 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

An online estate agency specialising in the sale of tenanted buy to let units has produced a league table of regional...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Just one region of England and Wales saw rents fall in the year to September 2018, according to the latest Your...
24 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A city council has introduced highly specific guidelines as to the number, size and positioning of To Let boards following apparent...
22 October 2018
From: Breaking News

With an average rental return of 7.69 per cent Ireland has been named as the top location in Europe for buy to...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...
20 September 2018
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17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Rent rises in the private rental sector have merely tracked inflation and the Retail Price Index over the past five years...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest Your Move rental tracker suggests that London’s lettings market has continued to cool with prices falling by 0.5 per...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest LendInvest buy to let report, which ranks 105 postcode areas around England and Wales based on a combination of...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Average UK rents have risen 1.8 per cent in the last year, equating to a typical £16 monthly hike. That’s the view...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme has unveiled a new specialist training course for letting agents. The NALS Level 3 Award in Letting...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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14 June 2018
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The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Data from Your Move's England and Wales Rental Tracker shows that the number of tenants in arrears increased for the fourth...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...
04 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims. The broadcaster...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 43 per cent of all stamp duty comes from buy to let investors and holiday home purchasers - and almost...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy to let lender LendInvest has looked at 105 postcodes across England and Wales to find the best (and worst)...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties. From...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has revealed a seven-point plan which would allow the Welsh Government greater powers over the private rental...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...
01 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK lettings market has enjoyed a 'robust' start to 2018, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. The number...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords in Wales who manage their own properties are being reminded that they must submit their licence application to Rent Smart...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales says it is “heartening” that there has been a substantial recent rise in the number of agents, properties...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales was £850 in December 2017, an increase of 2.3 per cent in the last...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The average rent agreed on a new tenancy signed in December was £907 according to the insurance firm HomeLet, compared to...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A pullback in the buy to let market is threatening to reduce sale prices further in London and parts of the...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...
27 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond. From today,...
22 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales, the licensing and training regime which is now a year old, has taken an agent and a landlord...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A Welsh local authority is offering a cash payment of up to £1,200 to landlords who join a quasi-letting agency run...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Wales’ largest agency, Peter Alan, has acquired Roberts & Co Property Management Limited, a Newport company that manages 800 units. The acquisition...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of rental growth slowed between September and October according to Countrywide. The cost of the average new let in...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Rental growth is forecast to exceed house price growth in London, despite a glut of properties on the lettings market in...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association. RLA Wales policy officer...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Pressure from the consumer lobby is building for the introduction of a ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants -...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Latest data from Your Move’s rental indices suggest that rents are growing, with the average in England and Wales now £904,...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector. In...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Bob Parry Lettings, a north Wales agency, has removed a claim from its website concerning a plot of land, following a...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents who review and modernise their rent collection procedures could claim back thousands of pounds in rent, an automated payments platform...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...
01 September 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Your Move says a shrinking supply of properties, in part created by government measures against the lettings sector, has led to...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Equity release specialist Retirement Advantage has launched a range of products specifically for owners of Buy To Let properties. These products will...
24 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...
01 August 2017
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Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...
19 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who ignored the controversial Rent Smart Wales scheme faces a bill of more than £3,500 for...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...
03 July 2017
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London rents have fallen by an average 5.0 per cent in the past year according to new data released by Your...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Skipton International has launched a guide to help expat buy to let investors trying to make sense of the UK government’s...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Retired tenants are becoming a larger part of the rental market, according to the UK's largest letting agency. Countrywide reports that pensioners...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A Newport landlord has been fined £4,400 for operating a dangerous, unlicensed house in multiple occupation and failing to comply with...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme has launched a new course which it describes as “ground-breaking” and which allows candidates to become...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords with properties in Wales have been reminded they could be breaking the law if they're not signed up to...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales is now £800 per month according to latest statistics from Your Move. The area with...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Custodial deposit protection was introduced 10 years ago this week and the Deposit Protection Service has been marking the anniversary. Custodial protection...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Mydeposits says it is aware of a new scam from what it calls “a fraudulent company” imitating mydeposits and getting in...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark and the Residential Landlords Association have written to the Welsh Government seeking a meeting to discuss a possible ban...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

As the introduction of new energy efficiency regulations moves closer, landlords are being urged to check the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark representatives have met with Home Office officials in Cardiff and Edinburgh ahead of the government’s roll-out of Right To...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Loughborough Building Society is launching a Buy For Uni mortgage product seeking to encourage students to buy a home -...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures from Your Move suggest the rental market performed strongly across England and Wales, with rents rising in eight of...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Average rents ended 2016 higher than they started it according to figures from Your Move relating to England and Wales. The average...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A damning critique of the one-year-old Right To Rent legislation in England suggests that the government is largely unaware of its...
02 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 - but London’s typical deposit is now at its...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Belvoir Cardiff has completed the acquisition of a management portfolio of 130 rental properties. The purchase of all properties managed by Letwise...
24 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association says new tax powers devolving to the Welsh Assembly should involve exemptions when it comes to the...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Northern Ireland, where rents were 6.4 per cent higher in December than in the same month of 2015, saw the strongest...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The average rental property was let for £830 a month in November according to Your Move - that means the average...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The proportion of private landlords in arrears is substantially under half the proportion of owner occupiers in the same position according...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News

City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The controversial Welsh private lettings sector scheme called Rent Smart Wales had around 65 per cent of agents and landlords register...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales, a controversial scheme that require letting agents to be trained, comes into effect today after a troubled lead...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Right To Rent legislation means British nationals without a passport face difficulties according to the Residential Landlords’ Association. According to its latest...
16 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association has roasted the enforcement policies and provisions for the controversial Rent Smart Wales initiative which begins in...
10 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Credit rating consultancy Experian says it is cheaper to rent than buy in 84 per cent of areas, while it's cheaper...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Only just over two weeks remain for letting agents and landlords operating in Wales to register with the Rent Smart Wales...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Government figures from the Office for National Statistics show average rents in privately let homes across Britain rose by an average...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government - which now has additional fiscal powers allowing it to be more independent from Westminster - has chosen...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Protecting your business in an unpredictable market can be a challenge, so finding insurance you can rely on is essential. As a nationwide...
17 October 2016
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Regional lettings markets around the country are now outperforming London according to Your Move. While rents in London grew 6.9 per cent...
14 October 2016
From: Breaking News

With just nine weeks to go before the deadline, only a small proportion of Welsh agents and landlords have registered for...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of tenancy deposit disputes reached a record high in 2015-16, but still represents only a fraction of all deposits. Figures...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent for a new tenancy in London during August was £1,765 per month, according to data from the Tenancy...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord operating in Wales has been fined almost £3,000 for failing to renew the House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licences...
16 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme shows that at the end of March 2016 there were a total of 3.426m...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent in England and Wales has reached an all-time high of £846 per month - a year-on-year increase of...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Another survey, this time from an online letting agency, reveals that as many as 70 per cent of tenants are concerned...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The problem of cannabis ‘farmers’ using privately rented properties to mass-produce the drug is at its worst in the West Midlands,...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in after receiving a complaint about the display of fees on a letting agency’s website. The...
10 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow. Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...
09 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme says the most recent call to ban letting agent fees - in a demand made by...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association is asking the Welsh Assembly to scrap the three per cent stamp duty surcharge imposed on buy...
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News

As part of Rent4sure’s ongoing programme of development initiatives, Clair Jones has been appointed National Field Sales Manager. “Rent4sure is one of...
15 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content

ARLA is stepping up its call for letting agents to have professional qualifications in a bid to combat fraud. In a contribution...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

In the three months after the introduction of the three per cent stamp duty surcharge on April 1, landlord purchases accounted...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Local Government Association, representing 370 councils across England and Wales, is calling on the public to speak out against rogue...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A survey by the National Landords’ Association reveals that the number of retired people living in private rented accommodation has soared...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Property investment specialists at online consultancy LendInvest have analysed coastal towns across England and Wales for their buy to let potential...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies Your Move and Reeds Rains claim rents have started to drop in many areas following the arrival of a...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenancy deposits in England and Wales are typically £100 dearer than the Scottish equivalent. Between June 2015 and May 2016, the average...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Today sees the launch of what claims to be the UK's first online commercial estate and letting agency. Virtual Commercial will offer...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The average rent paid by private tenants across Great Britain increased by 2.6% in the twelve months to April 2016, according...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has announced the details of a workshop for Welsh letting agents, taking place in July. The event...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched a new version of its Fire Safety Logbook which has been endorsed by the...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising at the fastest rate since last Autumn, bringing the average monthly rent in England and Wales...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

At first sight this looks distinctly like undercutting the local market - a farmhouse, glorious countryside and coastal views, some 900...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy to let returns have exceeded those from the FTSE-100 with average gains of 9.6 per cent across England and Wales...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats are following in the footsteps of some Green and Labour politicians in calling for a ban on letting...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Good news for agents having to work harder to persuade would-be landlords that buy to let makes financial sense after the...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest survey of arrears in England and Wales suggests the level now stands at 9.1 per cent of all rent...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A petition opposing lettings agents’ fees in England and Wales has now gathered over 245,000 signatures. Vicky Spratt, features editor on the...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading chartered surveying firm is stressing the differences that exist between new English and Scottish energy efficiency rules hitting the...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord aged 72 must pay £4,800 after pleading guilty to 11 offences of breaching the Licensing and Management of...
08 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has updated the Section 8 and Section 13 forms which apply to private letting in England: they come into...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The 1,000th person has been trained as part of Rent Smart Wales, the compulsory scheme that says it aims to raise...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News

New licence fees for letting and managing agents have been announced by Rent Smart Wales, the Welsh Government’s registration and licensing scheme which...
23 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Average rents are now rising on a monthly basis for the first time since September, up 0.1 per cent between January...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Tenants now pay 2.6 per cent more rent on average than they did a year ago according to the government’s Office...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Returns from buy to let properties have risen to their highest level in over a year. Data from Your Move and Reeds...
19 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A lettings and sales agent has admitted to a court that he tried to cheat an elderly pensioner by buying her flat...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...
04 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...
01 February 2016
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Rents across England and Wales rose by an average of 3.4 per cent in 2015 - the fastest annual growth rate...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales has approved the three NFOPP awarding body qualifications in lettings, which allow agents to become approved Rent Smart...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

New research from HomeLet reveals that Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle recorded the largest increase in rents last year amongst the...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter has returned to the warpath against letting agents’ fees. This time the focus is on Wales, where the charity...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says tenants serious about wanting to buy could do themselves a favour by flatsharing - and save themselves £210 a...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Another rental index suggests there has been a seasonal dip in rents - although across England and Wales as a whole...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government is to announce today whether it is replicating the three per cent stamp duty hike on buy to...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

An organisation representing councils wants a government database covering all housing-related convictions to deter rogue landlords switching from one area to...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Vulnerable tenants will find it harder to access housing following the passing of the Welsh government’s Renting Homes Bill, according to...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A local council has successfully applied for a landlord without an appropriate HMO licence to repay housing benefit - no less...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Figures from the 211-office agency Belvoir shows that average rents in Britain exceed the pre-downturn late 2008 figure by a mere...
25 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests two thirds of tenants in Wales know nothing of the new Rent Smart Wales initiative to register and...
24 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Rent Smart Wales, the new registration and licensing system in Wales, launches on Monday - and it represents a major change...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to data from the Your Move and Reeds Rains...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Holly Pendred from Gibbs Gillespie in Uxbridge, Middlesex, is celebrating after being crowned Relocation Agent Network’s Employee of the Year 2015. The...
19 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...