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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...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has published proposals aimed at avoiding a spike in private rental sector evictions when the current...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...

A think-tank claims one in eight tenants has fallen behind with rent since the start of the Coronavirus crisis - a...

Rents in London have dropped by between 10 and 15 per cent as fewer people are willing or able to move...

Propertymark says it’s continuing to talk to government departments about making the furlough scheme flexible enough to meet agency industry needs.  A...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

The market for successful lettings businesses is still strong according to one of the country’s leading business transfer agents. Adam J Walker...

A company is marketing an app which monitors social distancing; it says this could be applicable in agents’ offices. Called iTWOsafe is...

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...

A leading trade body is backing calls by MPs for additional financial support to tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. The National Residential...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

The UK’s largest property franchise group says the current Coronavirus crisis shows precisely how robust its franchise business model is. In a...

A leading trade body is pleading with the government not to make it harder for landlords or their agent representatives to...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

An agency has rebranded following a ‘de-merger’ with a rival firm. Earlier this week we reported that Chichester husband-and-wife agency Hancock and...

For the coming Bank Holiday on Monday, we’d like to show images of how agency offices have adapted to cope with...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

Rental app service Movebubble has launched its Home Walkthrough feature which it says it the first of its kind in the...

Rents on renewed tenancies fell for the second month in a row according to data from Hamptons International.   In April the average...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

The Lettings Hub is to roll out its Property Passport free tenant referencing product for letting agents. A beta test exercise already...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman.  The figures refer...

Shelter has delivered a 14,000-signature petition claiming that thousands of private renters who have lost their jobs could be facing eviction...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...

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

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

We’re very grateful to Andy Wicking, managing director of Red Door Homes, an agency that punches well above its weight in beautiful...

Have you heard of Psych? No, me neither - but that’s our loss according to the London team of Auction House.  The...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

The consumer group Which? claims some agents and landlords are not honouring break clauses and therefore not allowing tenants to move...

A surge in rental activity has encouraged a London-focussed agency to un-furlough some of its staff ahead of an expected relaxation...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

A council is being asked to prioritise consent to use a property as an HMO during the pandemic, with its four...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

The number of mortgage lenders still offering products to landlords is 42 - only seven fewer than at the peak of...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

A new analysis reveals three key figures that suggest the rental market will bounce back from the lockdown and the Coronavirus...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

A real estate litigation partner at a leading law firm is warning that the Coronavirus crisis could lead to an 18...

London agency Chestertons reports that despite the lockdown it’s registered 2,369 new tenants needing to move, conducted 3,432 virtual viewings, received...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

A leading London lettings agency is reporting only a very low rent default rate so far, despite fears that the Coronavirus...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be essential to keeping payments flowing through the rental sector, according to a leading...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

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

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

New and newly-refurbished properties are letting more readily as virtual viewings become more widespread during the lockdown. That’s the view of Knight...

The private equity firm that snapped up Zoopla Property Group two years ago has revealed that it’s one of two companies...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

A lettings sector website claims 40 per cent of tenants have seen their ability to pay full or in some cases...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns that rents are likely to stagnate for the rest of the year - although...

The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so...

The lockdown is now a fact of life across almost all of the western world so the team at Chestertons, which...

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...

The proportion of homes bought last month by buy to let investors plummeted to a record low of just eight per...

Hello - we’re here to help on a daily basis, sharing information across the industry.  As ever, we’d love your input to...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

Demand for rental properties with gardens or other outdoor space has soared in terms of portal listings - perhaps no surprise...

A PropTech firm has issued a dramatic offer to letting agents to pay the company only when they themselves get paid...

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

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

Week three of the lockdown begins - we hope you’re faring well with these temporary restrictions. We’re here to help where...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is advising member companies to file their accounts on time in order to remain transparent...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Like many agencies, the Milton Keynes company Cauldwell Property Services has most of its staff working from home and handling sellers’...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

Paperwork released overnight by the government appears to confirm that the notice period for evictions is extending from two months to...

Two lettings agencies have been vandalised by activists who defied the Coronavirus lockdown to damage property. Local media reports in Cheltenham say...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

A lettings agency in central London is setting an example to the industry by offering help to its landlords and tenants...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...

Labour is on the warpath against the government following the surprise contents of the Coronavirus Emergency Bill, apparently watering down the...

The three month outright eviction ban pledged to renters last week appears to have been watered down in the Coronavirus Emergency...

Although the worst of the stock market bloodletting triggered by Coronavirus now appears to have gone, franchise agency group Belvoir has...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

The government has announced a complete ban on evictions in the private and social sectors for any tenant affected by the...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is bringing forward measures to “protect” private tenants against eviction during the...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A lettings market snapshot conducted before the worst effects of the Coronavirus were known suggests the rental market is relatively strong...

A massive £250m has been raised from a Swedish pension fund towards UK Build To Rent projects. Property development firm Oxford Properties...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

A council says it’s considering lending funds for improvement to landlords who “behave fairly and appropriately” - and buy into a...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

Another council is consulting on introducing a selective licensing scheme - and again it claims it will “create better housing for...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

London agency Draker Lettings is expanding its patch - and offering landlords a free service for six months. Draker, which is 10...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

A new free-to-download app called My Rent Rewards claims to allow tenants to save towards their rent when they shop. The app,...

Shelter, which routinely criticises lettings agents and landlords, has been slammed for the huge amount of public funding it receives -...

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent, has agreed to buy a proposed 348 home-scheme in central Nottingham. The...

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary.  Home Made, which operates...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

A Sheffield agency has suffered two break-ins over just four days, with computers stolen and offices damaged. MorfittSmith’s sales office was the...

A trade group’s submission to the Treasury ahead of next month’s Budget includes a call for the new Chancellor to slash...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

The Yorkshire agency Linley & Simpson has revealed more acquisitions of independent agencies as it tightens its grip on the regional...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

Yorkshire-based property management firm Barnsdales has acquired a Nottingham independent for an undisclosed sum. Marriotts Commercial, an arm of Marriotts estate agency,...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

An agent has been disqualified from managing companies for five years after she failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

A new concept of co-living is being offered on a rental basis at a new purpose-built development in west London. The firm...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

Airbnb is reported to have banned under-25s in Canada from booking whole properties in their local areas to prevent potentially-violent house...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Generation Rent - an outspoken organisation sharply critical of lettings agents and many aspects of the private rental sector - is...

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...

An increasing number of over-60s are now turning to the private rental sector - but, like other demographic sectors, they face...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

Belvoir, which describes itself as the UK’s largest property franchise, has just released figures showing its 23rd successive year of uninterrupted...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

The prime London lettings market has returned to growth after three years of falling rents, according to new five-year forecasts from...

Who are you and what is your role within the company? Steve Rad, Managing Director What is ‘company name’ and what does it...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...

A mortgage firm claims some 22 per cent of existing lettings sector investors plan to buy at least another one lettings...

It’s been revealed that Upad, the lettings agency which closed at short notice in October last year, had three prospective buyers...

A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...

A London company that has previously had an ad banned by the Advertising Standards Authority has announced a change of name. The...

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

ARLA Propertymark has named Angela Davey as president elect, following Richard Selwyn stepping down last year due to personal circumstances. Davey has...

The Gainsborough branch of Martin & Co has become the largest single office within the national agency thanks to a fifth...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

Research from Hamptons International suggests that millennials are paying a lower proportion of the total rental burden in Britain than a...

A council is lobbying the government to ask for landlords using Airbnb and other short let platforms to be charged business...

Investment into the purpose-built Build To Rent sector in the UK dropped significantly last year. Some £273.8m was invested in the fourth...

A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...

A council getting government cash for rental enforcement is using it to introduce a review service allowing tenants to comment on...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

Durham county council wants to spend just over £250,000 setting up a lettings agency to place tenants with private landlords. The authority...

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

A protest has been held outside a lettings agency in Manchester by tenants demanding that the firm ‘sacks’ one of its...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

Leaders Romans Group has selected a new PropTech platform after a competitive tendering process. The winning company was PropCo, which already services...

A ginger group that supports the Labour party says the government’s bid to stop pet bans is meaningless and does not...

Some 26 per cent of buy to let investors plan to sell one or more of their properties in 2020 according...

The rental market is stable as it enters 2020 according to the latest index from PropTech company Goodlord.  Five out of the...

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

Darlington-based My Property Box has welcomed five new members of staff to its team who between them have amassed more than...

Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for...

The government - which over the weekend made a surprise move to try to stop landlords banning tenants from keeping pets...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

The government has announced an additional £4m in funding for local councils to combat rogue agents and landlords - but it’s...

Oldham council is the latest to seek an extension of a selective licensing scheme beyond its mandatory five year term -...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...

Letting agents can beat the upcoming ban on Section 21 by updating key documentation and automating arrears management to reduce the...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...

This month sees the launch of a new trade body for the lettings sector - the National Residential Landlords Association. It’s the...