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The online platform teclet, which enables agents to automate the lettings and management process, has announced that Movinghub has become an...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain has risen to £977 per calendar month.  That’s a 2.6 per cent...

A research report claims letting agents could be missing out on thousands of pounds of potential income each year by not...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing...

Whirlpool has been ordered to recall 500,000 tumble dryers in what has been described as an “unprecedented” government move. Around half a million...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...

Private landlords are being asked to consider letting out their properties through the local council.  Slough council is looking for flats and...

Administrators have been appointed as a result of action taken by a major creditor of Brighton Holiday Homes, the agency which...

A record number of tenancies have been agreed above £5,000 per week in London during the first four months of the...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...

A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord shows that average rent increased in four of the eight regions of...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

A prominent consumer group claims that one in 10 tenants currently renting say they have at some point been evicted “for...

Belvoir brand Newton Fallowell has acquired the sales and lettings business of Grantham’s oldest independent agency, Escritt Barrell Golding.  EBG, which was...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

Agents have reacted angrily to the way in which the government released a new set of rental documents updated to include...

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...

The head of an automated payment system for the rental sector says lettings agents can help offset losses caused by the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...

The management company of a private New York City rental apartment complex is to install a facial recognition system which must...

The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...

Thousands of pounds have been paid to a short let and holiday accommodation agency in Brighton which appears to have closed...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...

The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...

Lettings agents are being urged to educate themselves as much as possible about rival deposit alternative schemes which are becoming increasingly...

The fierce competition in the lettings market in parts of London means that some tenants will feel no benefit from the...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...

A PropTech tool wants landlords to manage their own properties and is accusing agents of being likely to increase charges to...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of the two government-backed redress operators for the lettings and sales service, has outlined its work...

The Property Ombudsman has issued a reminder to all agents to ensure they have the correct redress membership to cover the...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

The latest Your Move lettings index for England and Wales shows the average rent stagnating - rising just 0.5 per cent...

A PropTech platform launched three years ago acting as a search system for students wanting purpose-built accommodation is evolving into a...

Recent figures suggesting that nearly £1 billion was withdrawn by over-55s through equity release in the first three months of 2019...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process.  The founder of Landlord...

A council claims that its decision to set up its own lettings agency has prevented homelessness for almost 50 families and...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...

The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...

An analysis of the rental market in England has revealed a dramatic drop in the number of EU nationals taking up...

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...

An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...

London agency Stirling Ackroyd - owned by Nick Dunning Associates, led by senior ex-Countrywide staff - has snapped up another independent...

A rent guarantor provider claims that deposits which prospective tenants are required to pay are often reduced if such a service...

Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday May 10,...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

The operations director of letting agency haart has told landlords not to 'stress too much' over Brexit. Paul Sloan says it's easy...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

A damning report on taxation in the private rental sector (PRS) has accused the treasury of appearing not to understand 'the...

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...

Housing charity Shelter has announced the launch of a £600,000 fund it is hosting, with the aim of improving the private...

Revenue raised by landlord licensing schemes should be used to enforce rental sector regulation, according to PayProp. It says that the money...

National sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has launched what it calls a 'pioneering new service' in the North East. The...

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has released its annual report for 2018, showing that for the first time the value of awards...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...

New data from Proptech firm Goodlord suggests that the average void period for England and Wales is just 21 days. The longest...

HomeLet, the tenant referencing and specialist letting insurance company, has been announced as an ESTAS partner for the Estate & Letting...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

A buy to let investor has been left with a £2,000 bill and a criminal conviction after letting out his property...

A quarter of private landlords are looking to sell at least one property over the next year according to new research...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

Northwood has snapped up two independent agencies - Northwood Warminster have successfully completed on the acquisition of Wilsons of Westbury while...

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

Three years after the introduction of the second homes stamp duty surcharge, landlords are “beginning to come to terms with the...

Rents across England and Wales have not moved in the last 12 months, according to Your Move.  The agency says the typical...

The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

Senior lettings agency figures are amongst those who will this morning give evidence to a committee of MPs investigating so-called ‘DSS...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

The senior executive who has bought out the lettings side of a Glasgow agency business says increased use of PropTech is...

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting  on...

One of the most vocal critics of lettings agents in recent years appears to be moving away from the property industry. Campbell...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

The government consultation process which fuelled its decision to axe Section 21 eviction powers and move towards longer tenancies received only...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...

A dispute concerning a ‘no deposit option’ put forward by a letting agency has reached the Daily Mail. The newspaper’s online service...

SDL Property Partners, which describes itself as the industry’s first property management franchising scheme, is pushing for new members. Its training has...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

There will be less buy to let remortgaging in future as landlords consolidate rather than expand their portfolios. The prediction comes from...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

Savills has launched a new residential lettings service in one of the country’s most successful buy to let and investment locations...

Tenant referencing, rent protection and insurance provider Rent4sure is to join other leading suppliers as an ESTAS partner for the 16th...

Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Taha Dar, founder and CEO of SearchSmartly. What is SearchSmartly and...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

Agents and prospective buy to let investors keen to grab a slice of the capital’s growing lettings market now have a...

High end lettings agency Harrods Estates says it has seen a 10 per cent rise in tenancy renewals in the Knightsbridge...

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...

Staff are usually a business’s biggest fixed cost, but did you know that the true cost of an employee is almost...

One of the most pro-licensing local authorities in the country has extended its own scheme to include the entire centre of...

One of the country’s largest networks of franchised lettings agents says the impact of the Fees Ban coming into effect in...

The latest lettings sector index suggests that monthly rents increased from February to March in six of the eight regions of...

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...

The final - and some say most prestigious - shortlist for this year’s ESTAS awards has been revealed. The People Awards, sponsored...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...

London’s lettings sector is changing with tenants still wanting to buy but increasingly accepting they must rent for longer in the...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

A regional property developer and investment firm has unveiled a Build To Rent division with a target of building 2,500 homes. The...

The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...

PropTech company Goodlord is the latest entrant in the deposit alternative field. Under Goodlord Deposit Replacement Insurance agents can provide landlords with...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

Changes to Capital Gains Tax which reach their full impact in the next 12 months could fuel property changing hands between...

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

The average rent across England and Wales in February was a mere 0.4 per cent higher than the same point a...

Utilities and comparative platform Tenant Shop has linked up with Reposit to offer a security deposit alternative product for agents. Tenant Shop’s...

The government is back to business attacking the lettings sector with an extraordinary claim by a minister that many students are...

Fergus Wilson - the controversial buy to let landlord who with his wife once owned 1,000 homes - has named his...

Large-scale buy to let investors are continuing to move to limited company status in a bid to limit their exposure to...

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...

Leicester is the latest council to begin consultations on selective licensing in six parts of the city - with the threat...

A buy to let investment service says its podcasts are now downloaded over 200,000 times a month and it has an...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

A lettings agency has withdrawn a leaflet which featured a woman’s cleavage; the leaflet had been the subject of a complaint...

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

Property Franchise Group brand Martin & Co has snapped up West Yorkshire independent agent Red Box Residential. Martin & Co’s Saltaire branch, operated...

The average age of those buying investment property has fallen by more than three and a half years in the past...

The Residential Landlords Association has given its backing to Zoopla’s ban on agents and landlords advertising properties to rent as ‘No...

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

A PropTech firm says buy to let investors should not respond to the slowing market by selling up, but should instead...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...

There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

The best suppliers to the estate and letting agent sector for customer service have been announced by the ESTAS in the...

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

The London-focussed rental app Movebubble has revealed major new investment from Build To Rent developer Quintain, which is taking a 10...

The average rent in the UK is now £940 per month, up 3.8 per cent on this time last year. When London’s...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...

A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...

The Home Office says it will reassess the Right To Rent scheme following last week’s decision by the High Court that...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

Lettings automation service teclet has revealed that the Tenant Shop is the latest partner integrated into its platform. Tenant Shop provides energy,...

An independent letting agency in the north of England is offering landlords two free cinema tickets when they book a valuation...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

The gap between the cost of buying and renting is down 59 per cent to its lowest level in nine years...

The government says it wants “an immediate change” in the policy of some letting agents and landlords who advertise ‘No DSS’...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

PropTech company teclet has announced it will this year once again be a main category partner at The ESTAS estate and...

Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future.  Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...

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

The head of a Hertfordshire lettings agency has pleaded guilty to managing a brothel, according to a statement from the police. He’s...

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...

Northwood, which is part of the Belvoir group, is launching a new TV advertising campaign to highlight its Guaranteed Rent Scheme. “We...

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1.  From that date...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

Foxtons has given a relatively upbeat assessment of the capital’s rental market in its survey of the sector in 2018. It says...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...

A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...

Rental values in prime London show early signs of bottoming out, says Savills, with the annual rate of falls now at...

A legal firm has renewed its criticism of local authority licensing schemes, accusing them of “persecuting” landlords. David Kirwan, managing partner at...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

Ambitious regional chain Linley & Simpson has opened a new branch in the Yorkshire market town of Pudsey after snapping up...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

The latest property completed in the ever-growing Build To Rent sector is a 44 storey tower standing at 141 metres tall. The...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

The average rent in the UK is now £932, which is a rise of 2.5 per cent on this time last...

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...

Private tenants in Britain in 2018 paid £59.1 billion on rent - that’s £1.9 billion less than in 2017 and the...

With good news in the buy to let sector in short supply, here’s a promising start to the week - a...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...

The latest index from specialist buy to let platform Landbay says the slowdown in London’s lettings market since the Brexit vote...

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...

The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

One of the existing two government-authorised redress schemes governing estate and letting agents has called on landlords to voluntarily join, ahead...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank is predicting that £75 billion of investment will be committed to the Build To Rent sector...

Belvoir is launching a new TV advertising campaign on the ITV Hub, which is the ITV on-demand service.  The ad, which features...

A landlord who failed to comply with orders to improve the standard of a property has had to pay over £7,500...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

The Nottinghamshire branch of Martin & Co has snapped up the local independent agency SOLOS Residential. The family-run Martin & Co branches...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

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

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has taken the unusual step of commenting on, and welcoming, the outcome of a court case...

Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

The latest rental market snapshot from YourMove suggests that typical rents rose 1.8 per cent across England and Wales in the...

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

TV property pundit Phil Spencer, who now runs property advice site MoveIQ, says letting agents may introduce new administration fees on...

The chief executive of the Citizens Advice consumer charity says she wants government “to do even more to strengthen the hand...

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

There’s been broad support from the lettings sector for the wide-ranging reform of the redress system announced yesterday by housing secretary...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

We are used to stories of councils condemning letting agents and landlords - but now a London council is praising the...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

An online agency specialising in the sale of investment properties with tenants in situ claims the average time for a tenanted...

A controversial Labour-controlled local authority which already has 91 per cent of its private rental properties inside licensing schemes is now...

A lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests asking rents in London are now increasing at an annual rate not seen for...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

The man who is arguably Britain’s most controversial landlord - Fergus Wilson - is likely to be issuing up to 90...

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...

The lettings industry has welcomed news that reforms to Universal Credit will include a new online system for private landlords to...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

The UK’s largest property franchise business, Belvoir Lettings, says it beat its own ambitious target for its franchisees’ Assisted Acquisitions programme...

London lettings agency Sterling De Vere must pay a £167,000 fine and compensation of £740 to a renter for a misleading...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

Hunters has announced its first business expansion of 2019 with the acquisition of what it calls “a significant lettings book.” The acquisition...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

One of the buy to let sector’s main mortgage lenders, Paragon, has refreshed its range of mortgages with new products which...

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

A holiday lettings company and a longer term private rental listings services have come together to try to optimise income for...

A lettings agency has agreed to amend its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority over its use of...

The Residential Landlords Association’s membership has hit a new high of 35,000.  Established in 1998 the not-for-profit association - which describes itself...

The Daily Mail has reported on a massive buy to let fiddle which involved a £10.8m property empire, rents totalling £500,000...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

Most buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages are currently cheaper than they were a year ago - some by as much as £29...

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

LSL Property Services has acquired LetCo Homes, a lettings and property management specialist based at Whiteley in Hampshire.  LetCo, which operated chiefly...

There’s been a strong start to the year for Build To Rent with news that a real estate investment trust dedicated...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that it will shortly choose which local authority will be the...

A property website says tenants and prospective renters in London are set to have ‘a torrid 2019’ because of a shortage of...

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...

A trade body has spoken out about the lack of detail in government plans for Right To Rent, as contained in...

Rents are likely to rise 2.5 per cent in 2019, then 3.0 per cent in 2020 and a further 2.0 per...

A PropTech platform claims landlords can cut administration costs so much that they could afford to offer their lettings units furnished...

There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

New data from online buy to let agency Yieldit claims to give an insight into which property types produce the best...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

Rents in major regional cities are growing significantly faster than both London and the UK average, according to data from buy...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...

Former owner occupiers who want to be ‘chain-free’ if they buy again are pouring into the private rental sector according to...

Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...

Five homeless people will have a roof over their heads this Christmas thanks to a kind-hearted PropTech chief. Mike Georgeson, founder of...

High end lettings agency Knight Frank says the proportion of properties listed for rent in prime London residential markets in October...