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The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Sharpened rules to double council tax on long term empty properties will come into force from April 1, says the government.  A...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards.  The search for the very best of...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out.  That’s the view of data...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

A keynote speaker at the upcoming Propertymark One event is Gerald Ratner. In 1991 Ratner - then chief executive of a down...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

A lettings sector trade body says implementing well thought-out appraisals is a key element to attracting and retaining valued personnel. The UK...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

The political party propping up the Scottish Government says higher taxes on buy to lets will help the housing market be...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...

Two senior agents are joining the Propertymark Qualifications board to bring a combined 64 years of experience. Jan Hytch - residential and...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices.  Maxine...

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

A local authority is launching an investigation into what housing options there are for younger people within its patch, and whether...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

Letting agents and landlords in a major city have been requested to see if there is a ‘spare’ four bedroom property that...

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

A Welsh council has agreed to levy what it calls “a tax premium” on second homes from now until 2027 to...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...

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

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

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

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

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...

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

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

One of the leading lettings sector trade bodies has unveiled what it describes as “a positive vision for the private rented...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...

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

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

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

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Startling figures from the Countrywide high-end brand Hamptons International show how tough it is for young people to buy. The agency says...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

An influential think tank is calling on government to radically reform the private rental sector because a generation of young people...

Tax increases on the rental sector are leaving young people unable to access the homes they need, an industry body claims. The...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...

Half of England’s local authorities claim it is ‘very difficult’ to assist homeless applicants into privately rented accommodation, according to a...

In its latest bid to push Chancellor Phillip Hammond to back down on buy to let tax changes, the Residential Landlords...

Much publicity has been given to the Resolution Foundation’s report into falling home ownership - but the flip side is that...

The average cost of renting a one-bedroom home in Britain has risen to £746 per month - this is the equivalent...

Connells Group is again taking on 150 apprentices across its head office and estate agency businesses this year in partnership with...

A Loughborough lettings agency has been accused of “obscene” advertising because of the wording used on To Let boards.  Councillor Ted Parton...

Treasury proposals to hand greater powers to the Bank of England to make access to buy to let lending harder risks...

Countrywide has announced plans to recruit over 200 apprentices in the next year, working on a training programme drawn up with...

The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the justification given by Chancellor George Osborne for curbing tax breaks for buy to...

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of the tax breaks given...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...

Under new pension freedom reforms, people aged 55 and over can access as much of their savings from their defined contributions...