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29 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla tells letting agents exactly how much it does for them](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Events In A Box concept launched by lettings experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Two long-standing experts in property have launched a service which they say will help letting agents retain and grow their client...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![US-style agency signs up with US-owned OnTheMarket](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Ex-rental properties make up well over 10% of sales listings](/upload/images/shutterstock_730204513.jpg)
A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla demands mandatory training for all lettings agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2238369719.jpg)
Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla data to fuel Channel 4 property series](/upload/images/shutterstock_119999488.jpg)
Zoopla is now describing itself as ’the official data partner’ of the Channel 4 programme ‘Worst House on the Street’. Its data...
19 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency regulation demanded by PropTech leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech big names link up for lettings webinar tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech - Zoopla parent firm launches transaction platform](/upload/images/shutterstock_1108145474.jpg)
Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![We Can’t Pay More! Affordability crisis dents London lettings market](/upload/images/shutterstock_769272595(1)(1).jpg)
London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Would Tories’ Stamp Duty Policy really turn renters into buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla welcomes back regional agent as portal rivalry hots up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Forget party policies - check interest rate movement](/upload/images/shutterstock_2355420851(1).jpg)
A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most homes cheaper to rent than buy, even with large deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Under half of homes listed to let are actually available - industry figure’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2274659213.jpg)
A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Online firm launches budget “self-service” lettings platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand easing at last says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Local Housing Allowance - momentum grows for annual increase](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech sector gives a thumbs down to lacklustre Budget](/upload/images/shutterstock_562475698.jpg)
The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Working from home triggers higher rents in outer commuter areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1708606831.jpg)
Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket president welcomes latest lettings agency to drop Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Year Bounce - strong start to 2024 housing market says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s backdoor bid to regulate lettings and estate agents at last](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency strategy change is slap in the face for Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agent senses change of mood in rental market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Small autumn dip in London rents as market returns to normality](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rent rises now a thing of the past says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![How investing in a CRM is the best way to NTS compliance](/upload/images/Ricardo%20Dawson(2).png)
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Trading Standards reveal details of new Material Information requirements](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(1).jpg)
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bills Included - most tenants want all-inclusive charges](/upload/images/shutterstock_1826666417.jpg)
A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![It’s Back - London lettings market returning to equilibrium](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. In...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Rental Listings Portal designed to by-pass letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - can completely by-pass letting agents. It describes itself as a ‘dating service’...
17 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market Showing - prime rental growth starting to moderate](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where 38 tenants compete for each rental property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - First rental market forecast for 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Zoopla has issued the first major private rental sector market forecast for 2024. Rental growth this year is on track to end...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renting cheaper than mortgages for first time in 13 years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Forever - the Guppies have Given Up on Property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla gives Alto agents a new Marketplace product](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alto unveils ‘much requested’ PropTech integration](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Zoopla’s Alto cloud-based software has announced a new integration with lettings PropTech supplier Canopy. This will enable tenant referencing to be permitted...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill measures may be extended - BBC report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The BBC says discussions are underway to extend the Renters Reform Bill to specifically outlaw any rental listing banning families and benefit recipients...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pets and Kids Not Welcome? New analysis of rental listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/DogsandCats-400x310.png)
Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents edge above long term ratio to earnings says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill to dominate free webinar for agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_1692360436.jpg)
Zoopla has announced it’s hosting its quarterly market update next Wednesday, June 14, to discuss how agents can keep their business...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![High rents push more first timers into buying - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says. Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Analyst gives bleak warning about housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents step up call for scrapping of LHA freeze](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has renewed its call for Local Housing Allowance - which has remained static since 2020 - to be increased. It says...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government must step in to help boost supply - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![BBC probe shows scale of rental stock supply shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
An investigation by the BBC and Zoopla shows the sharp drop in the volume of available rental units in the past...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![London rents show “unseasonable” early year rise - Foxtons](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
New figures today from London agency Foxtons show that the average rent in February 2023 rose five per cent from the...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises to halve by late 2023 says market analyst](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Major PropTech deal revealed between Zoopla’s Alto and Goodlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Flats are now good value, possible investment potential - Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Viewing-Tenants-400x310.png)
An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent reveals his answer to the private rental stock shortage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Portal’s lettings experts to cultivate link with homelessness charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Zoopla has given details of its collaboration with homelessness charity Crisis following the announcement of a three-year partnership earlier this year. Crisis’s...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises for renewed tenancies far lower than for new ones](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average rent for a new letting has increased by £117 per month since last year, reaching £1,078 per calendar month...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price fall is “first sight of mini-Budget carnage” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Asking rent cut after social media slams agency’s Zoopla listing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/_LinkedIn-400x310.png)
A news website is reporting that a landlord cut the asking rent of a property after social media criticism of its...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Boomin is Bust - liquidators called in](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents soar ahead of frozen benefits, triggering homelessness fear](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
The average gap between housing benefit rates and the actual cost of rents has grown by more than 40 per cent...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech pair offer agents route to boost commission](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/HomeInternet-400x310.png)
Lettings platform Vouch and cloud-based software service Alto are teaming up for a webinar. The aim is to offer agents a route...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Named, Shamed, Expelled - rogue agents thrown out by Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Five agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme - all for compliance failures. The first is Home Trader Properties, in...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sales market now favours buyers - how will this affect rentals?](/upload/images/library/BuyorRent-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla is issuing a warning today that price cuts in the sales market are likely to hit pre-pandemic levels as affordability...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Experienced hands drafted in to avoid future Purplebricks blunders](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection2-400x310-min.jpeg)
More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla reveals huge three-figure rent rise in past year](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech claim - We’re better for agents than Rightmove!](/upload/images/Logos/HomesearchLogo-400x310.jpg)
PropTech firm Homesearch has launched technology which it claims allows every agent to offer a white-labelled search engine. And it claims this...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Deck is stacked against private tenants, says industry supplier](/upload/images/library/Millennial-Tenant-Kitchen-400x310.jpg)
One of the biggest names in the deposit alternative sector says the rental market is “stacked against” private tenants. Gary Wright, chief...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla and charity launch campaign for higher benefits for tenants](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons selects new portal for advertising lettings properties](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
Foxtons is to advertise all of its lettings properties on OnTheMarket with immediate effect. The agency say it already “facilitates” 10 per...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Beefed Up Property Details - industry bosses back call for Material Information](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AgentsWindow-1-400x310.jpg)
Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla lettings gurus put forward rental register idea](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla backs rental reforms despite agents’ reservations](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Data boost for agents - do you want to be in pilot project?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot project which claims it will cut down on ‘back office’ chores...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents can’t stay this strong forever - affordability worries surface](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-3-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla is warning that the recent sharp rise in rents has stretched affordability with the average rent now accounting for 37...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy renewal numbers “unprecedented” says Foxtons](/upload/images/Logos/Foxtons-logo400x310.png)
London-focussed agency Foxtons says the tenancy renewal numbers seen by the company this year are “unprecedented”. Gareth Atkins, lettings managing director at...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenant document PropTech deal for 200-branch agency network](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Platform to wean agents off Rightmove and Zoopla gets cash boost](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
A platform that says it wants to help reduce letting agents’ reliance on traditional portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla has...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![They're Back! City Centre rents and demand on the rise at last](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents still booming - growth hits 13 year high according to Zoopla](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla unveils help for agents sharing compliance docs with tenants](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm remains headline sponsor for ESTAS 2022 forum and awards](/upload/images/library/ESTASLogo%2Bstars2020-400x310.jpg)
Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Councils warn that Airbnbs threaten mainstream rental supply](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla rolls out new enhancements to software service for agents](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rents to rise yet again in 2022 forecasts Zoopla](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings platform matching agents with tenants seeks funds to expand](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Here’s why the rental market is likely to boom in the long term](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![More buy to lets being sold despite rental market strength - data](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Some rents soar 25% in a year says leading lettings agent](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rise in investor demand for properties to continue, predicts Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists want HMRC to remove tax perks from holiday lets](/img/default/lat.png)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Every listing should have a virtual tour within three years - PropTech firm](/img/default/lat.png)
The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Advisory Board of agents to be established by Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
Zoopla has revealed the formation of a Lettings Advisory Board, to be chaired by the national lettings managing director of Leaders...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![It's Back! City centre rental market starting to revive, says Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental market outside London rising at three year high](/img/default/lat.png)
Zoopla says rents outside London are rising at an average three per cent per year, the highest level since late 2018. However...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Franchise of the Year named as agency’s spectacular annual awards](/img/default/lat.png)
Franchise giant Belvoir has held its annual awards including the naming of the prestigious ‘franchise of the year’. The accolade went to...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards urges agents to watch out for scams](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid is forcing rental market into a ‘once in a lifetime change’](/img/default/lat.png)
The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...