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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Propertymark has urged the government to tackle rising landlord costs immediately.The warning comes as new research suggests that landlords are spending...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

Landlords and agents acting on their behalf are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...

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

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

The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted...

A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...

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

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England.  - Isolation...

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

One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...

The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...

The majority of short lets operators in a sector trade body say they will maintain Covid-safe protocols for the foreseeable future,...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

The latest version of the government’s guidance to agents over how to operate during the continuing pandemic suggests that virtual viewings...

New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

A lettings agent who wants tenants to take out policies to fund complaints against agencies and landlords has branded the social...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

Propertymark has produced new guidance for letting agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid restrictions. It says:...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...

Weekend statements from the government and Housing Secretary have made it clear that the rental market remains open for business even...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

ARLA Propertymark has issued a warning to government not to use Capital Gains Tax reform to further punish the private rental...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...

Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

Portsmouth council is the latest local authority to offer to rent properties from private landlords to let out to the homeless.  The...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

An agency in the north east of England is moving its HQ off the High Street and into an office block...

The UK’s holiday lets sector could be a beneficiary of the current Brexit uncertainty and people not vacationing abroad because they...

A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

The controversial landlord Fergus Wilson says he has purchased a Body Worn Camera for £75 in a bid to avoid at...

New research has attempted to quantify the number and scale of rent rises that are likely to take place as landlords...

One of the most respected buying agencies, Black Brick, says the collapse in demand for buy to let is the most...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

There’s been a huge 15 per cent slump in the number of properties to let in prime central London over the...

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

A property managing agent has been ordered to pay £40,000 following the death of a woman at a fire at a...

It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

A new app has been launched with the aim of offering extra security to lettings and estate agents and other sole...

A leading accountancy and business advice consultancy says residential landlords who want to downsize their portfolios because of recent tax changes...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...

Reports from Australia suggest some of the country’s leading letting agencies have inserted clauses into their tenancy contracts to ban renters...

The latest Kent Reliance Buy to Let Britain report - seen as a snapshot of the state of health of the...

A prominent campaigning letting agent has discovered that more than 6,000 tenants in one region alone have complained to local authorities...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is advising letting agents and landlords to be wary of any tenant seeking to ‘game’...

  Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

An interesting article in London’s Evening Standard free-newspaper reveals that an increasing number of letting agents appear to be using social...

An assessment undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows property taxes accounted for 12.7 per cent of the...

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...

A well-known mortgage broker is quoted as saying that buy to let organisations are complaining too much over tax changes for...

Despite huge turmoil in the buy to let sector, there has been a significant rise in mortgage activity in the past...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...