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New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...

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

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

An office of CJ Hole, one of the High Street brands of The Property Franchise Group, has snapped up an independent...

The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

A lettings agency specialising in managing Build To Rent developments says it’s collected 99 per cent of all invoiced rent during...

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...

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

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

The charity Citizens Advice - which claims a “unique, real-time insight into the challenges people are facing as a result of Coronavirus"...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...

Agents on Rightmove can now start using the portal’s new appointment booking tool, Viewings Manager, which has just completed its test...

Viewber has linked with the PropTech property management service PlanetRent. Viewber offers agents access to an online database of vetted viewing assistants,...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

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

One of the country’s major lettings agency chiefs says there is a “massive” change in tenant priorities underway. Michael Cook, national lettings...

The group human resources director of the Leaders Romans Group wants the agency industry to improve its reputation by embracing more...

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

A south coast agency has snapped up a local independent - the latest of several acquisitions it's made in recent years. Worthing’s...

The Deposit Protection Service is running three free online deposit dispute webinars, with the first scheduled for next week. The UK’s largest...

Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...

A property company that owns and manages premises occupied by a politician has returned some £10,000 in furlough money received under...

A new report from the Nationwide and campaigning charity Shelter puts letting agents in the dock over the standards in the...

Propertymark is staging a webinar later this month on the topical subject of referral fees. Last month the National Trading Standards for...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

A rebranded agency is now focussing on selling only tenanted buy to let properties in what it calls ‘second tier’ cities...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

The government has unveiled the public health regulations which will underpin the second national lockdown in England - and the exemptions...

A market snapshot produced by PropTech firm Goodlord shows rents dropping a hefty nine per cent across the UK. This follows several...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group.  Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...

The absence of traditional holiday and business users of short let accommodation has prompted a trade body to introduce a discount...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...

Foxtons has posted what many consider to be disappointing lettings figures for the third quarter of the year. The company’s lettings-related revenue...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

The long-running uncertainty over Brexit may lead to a glut of British expats returning home and renting rather than buying. That’s the...

Ten estate agencies have signed up to a partnership programme with the easyStorage company, which allows lettings and sales firms to...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

In a dramatic return to the agency world, the former chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents is joining...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

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

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...

A fake lettings agent has been caught trying to cheat prospective tenants out of £1,500 which she claimed was a deposit...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...

A survey by two PropTech firms wants to know how agents are coping with the pandemic. Fixflo and MRI Software have launched...

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

A local authority is launching a six month probe into rooms let out but exempt from rental sector regulation. The project is...

PropTech firm Goodlord is for the first time offering ‘bank-grade’ facial recognition to letting agents. As part of an update to its...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

The fledgling trade association representing short lets companies wants public cash and other forms of aid to help the sector through winter. Merilee...

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

The Right to Rent scheme’s revised code of practice coming into effect next month does nothing to stop agents and landlords...

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

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...

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

Research by Hamptons International shows that since the end of the spring lockdown and the reopening of the rental market, affluent...

A call to action has been sent to letting agents to make their voices heard about new EPC proposals from the Department...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association, a new trade body representing the short-term rental sector, has added two new members to...

Most tenants claim they are “intimidated” when agents or landlords telephone them about arrears - and they would much prefer a text. A small...

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how is the UK rental market coping with the fallout from...

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...

Savills latest remote auction in 2020 saw £40m raised with 90 lots sold bringing the total value of property sold in 2020...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...

A lettings agent has been awarded the contract to take over the rental properties, marketing and inspections of the entire residential...

The investment arm of the Big Issue street newspaper is putting £3m into a new form of lettings agency.  Homes for Good was...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...

The business model underpinning most lettings agencies is set to change fundamentally if there is the much-anticipated second wave of Coronavirus. That’s...

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...

Letting agencies and landlords are being invited by a local council to take part in what it describes as a “risk...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

Fledgling portal Homesearch has partnered with outsourced viewing service Viewber in a new PropTech teaming. Under the deal, agents who receive an...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

A crooked lettings agent stole almost £30,000 from dozens of clients to prevent his business from going bankrupt. Tim Catherall, of Nottinghamshire,...

Hamptons International has given a rental market forecast for 2021 - and it doesn’t make for happy reading. The agency says the rental...

It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...

A leading figure in the private rental sector says the lettings industry has been largely ignored once again by Chancellor Rishi...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...

Stockport-based property development company Three Sixty has launched what it calls an online agency - Three Sixty Living - to handle...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...

A Liberal Democrat Baroness says she is to make a last-ditch bid in the House of Lords tomorrow to stop evictions...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

Housing Minister Chris Pincher says the eviction ban is formally over but the situation remains under “constant review” as the second...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...

The lettings industry is today preparing for the current ban on repossessions to be lifted on Sunday with courts to hear...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

A growing residential estate management company has committed its future to office-working after moving to a new boutique space in Birmingham. Principle...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and safeagent have announced two new e-learning modules for letting agents and landlords. The modules, which form...

New research from Countrywide brand Hamptons International suggest tenants are joining vendors in a trend towards leaving cities and heading for more...

The latest announcement from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick suggests the eviction ban WILL end at last on September 20. However, more concessions...

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

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

A lettings agency that told a prospective tenant it had a policy of not offering tenancies to housing benefit recipients has...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

Martyn Gerrard Estate Agent is the latest agency to partner with a deposit alternative supplier - in this case flatfair.  Tenants at...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

A Tory member has used the Conservative Home website to tell his party that it should introduce interest-free loans to help tenants...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is joining forces with housing organisations to argue against private...

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

It’s been a difficult first half of 2020 for almost every agency business but Belvoir appears to have emerged healthier than...

Last month, we were all caught by the surprise news that the government was extending the temporary ban on evictions just...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

The rental market is heading into the normally-quieter autumn period with strength but increasing void periods. Data from PropTech firm Goodlord, which...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

Letting agents and landlords in Wales can now direct struggling tenants to a new independent advice service. The Private Rented Sector Helpline...

Oxford council, which has 49 per cent of its housing stock in the private rental sector, is starting a formal consultation...

A council says it's identified hundreds of rental properties within its boundaries which apparently do not comply with key energy efficiency...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

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

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

Reduce buy to let regulation or face a worsening housing crisis - that’s the message from a leading property lawyer.  Mary Rouse,...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...

The renters’ group ACORN, which has held numerous protests at individual letting agents’ offices, has apologised after one of its local...

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

A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...

Three agents have been expelled by The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensation awards.  In the case of Foremost Lettings Ltd...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

The Generation Rent campaign group has written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to five questions regarding the eviction extension...

The Citizens Advice charity is calling for tenants with arrears directly created by the Coronavirus to be offered government grants to...

A high profile former estate agent who was a major figure on the London sales market for over three decades has...

A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...

The Law Society has set out exactly what the extension of the eviction ban, announced on Friday, means to agents, landlords...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

The Generation Rent pressure group has made a last-ditch argument in favour of keeping the evictions ban, which will lapse at the...

A city lettings agency has rebranded in what it calls “a step change for the business.” Let Leeds is now known as...

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...

Belvoir is backing a call for a loans scheme in England - similar to one in Wales - to protect tenants...

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

Independent service Moneyfacts says that while the buy to let mortgage sector remains resilient, it has contracted slightly in recent weeks...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-authorised redress services, claims its new mediation option is a success. In March this...

One in eight homes coming onto the rental market in inner London since May has previously been an Airbnb or other...

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of causing needless fear for renters by claiming all those in arrears due to...

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has launched a special offer deal with new property portal Homesearch.  Agents who sign up to the flatfair...

A lettings agency has relaunched its property management service after it was acquired by Purplebricks in 2017. The agreement back then meant...

The largest survey yet conducted about rent payments during the pandemic shows the claims of pressure groups about widespread evictions are unfounded. Over...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

Deposit alternative service flatfair is now selling a top-up cover element that allows landlords to add a further six weeks damage...

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

The Short Term Accommodation Association, a trade body representing suppliers to the Airbnb-style short-term rental sector, has announced four new members. This brings...

A leading politician is calling for a rethink of the six month possession period which has been imposed in Wales. Mark Isherwood,...

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

The lettings agency Portico is partnering with Goodlord to offer a new insurance policy to its landlords. Portico landlords can now benefit...

Hampshire independent agency Harcourts Property Agents in Southampton has been acquired by another independent, Beal’s. Harcourts has over 35 years experience in...

Strutt and Parker says the low level growth in the lettings market seen in prime central London in 2019 is being...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...

High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...

The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

Back in March 2019 we covered the story that Weymouth council in Dorset wanted a landlord licensing scheme for a town...

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

Tenants who want to pop downstairs to the shop may soon be able to do so - thanks to the John...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

There’s a warning this morning that the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis mean that rents will fall at least five per...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership with LettsPay, a client accounting platform - the latest in a lengthy series of API...

The lettings market in Wales reopened almost fully yesterday. ARLA Propertymark, which has analysed the restrictions that were in place until this...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

A local authority has extended its consultation process for a selective licensing system which, if it goes ahead, would see some...

The Welsh Government has temporarily increased the notice period landlords must provide from three months to six months to end Assured...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter says she is expecting a “deluge” of cases when the eviction ban ends, but...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

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

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets.  And...

A lettings agent comparison website, Rentround, says the stamp duty holiday has spurred existing and would-be landlords to search for new...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

A new online self-screening bot helps agents and landlords manage viewers’ safety more easily, before any face-to-face meetings take place. That’s the...

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

New data from Hamptons International reveals that in June the average rent on a newly let property in Britain dipped 0.6...

PropTech companies teclet and Canopy are forming a partnership to allow their services to be bought by agents on the one...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...

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

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...

A six-branch agency has acquired a single-office independent. Lenwell Property Services, which operates in the Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire region, has acquired...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

An insurance firm claims many tenants “make the mistake of thinking the items in their home aren’t worth” and so do...

Property consultancy CBRE claims that Build To Rent is likely to be the most resilient sector of the UK property industry...

A regional independent agency generating more than £20 million in rental income annually has snapped up a five-branch independent firm. Alexander & Co,...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as...

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of...

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented...

Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its...

ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year...

A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered...

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

A lettings agency is launching a service that allows landlords to list their properties on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket for just...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

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

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...