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Agents are confused over so-called digital identity verification - and some suppliers may be trying to dupe agents. That’s the claim from...

Price growth in the rental market is predicted to continue throughout 2023 but there are tentative signs that rent hikes are...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...

A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...

The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...

Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti.  Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...

Fine & Country holds its international conference on March 10 and according to the agency it will be attended by representatives...

The owner of a property in the Leicestershire village of Great Dalby has been fined after removing two trees within a...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...

A property firm has been fined £8,000 for operating an HMO on one of Britain’s most famous roads. Westminster council has won...

One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...

It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...

A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...

Agency giant Leaders Romans Group has launched a nationwide partnership with the Trussell Trust, which operates many of the country’s food...

OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model is appealing to letting agents to sign up. Harding Green...

Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...

A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

The Herbert R Thomas agency, known as HRT, is merging with Rawlins & Madley. The two South Wales firms announced the merger on...

Spanish bank Santander says UK residential property prices look set to fall 10 per cent this year and will return to...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

England’s HMO market is shrinking despite a widespread need for more affordable rental accommodation. In 2019/20, there were an estimated 510,776 HMOs...

The headlines from yesterday’s Bank of England announcement are dominated by the base rate rise, but there’s been some unexpected good...

Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...

A debt advisory service claims it has calculated the overall size of the private rental sector. Sirius Property Finance analysed the current...

The online agency Yopa is linking with an existing PropTech platform to offer a lettings option to landlord customers. The link is...

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 Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows a mixed market with rents holding steady but voids increasing in certain regions. The cost...

The private rented sector has an important economic and social role to play across the country, according to a new report...

Hybrid agency EweMove has expanded its brand presence into 189 territories across the UK according to its parent company, The Property...

The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...

Belvoir Group is continuing its long term success record but warns that the Liz Truss mini-Budget is still having a detrimental...

Agents’ body Propertymark wants more government action to boost housing supply - and it wants the views of the industry on...

Another PropTech application is being integrated with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme API. The integration is with Apex 27 which claims its mission...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

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

Agency launches dedicated lettings team for rejuvenated London area Savills has launched a dedicated residential lettings office in an area of prime...

The equity release market has expanded by 27 per cent to hit a record £5.58 billion of new lending last year,...

A new dedicated Build To Rent company, Adler Estates, has launched in the westcountry. It’s part of the Eagle One group of private property companies...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside London have risen to another new record of £1,172 per calendar month says Rightmove. This...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

CJ Hole, part of The Property Franchise Group, has expanded with the acquisition of an independent firm in Bristol. CJ Hole owner...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

It’s been revealed that agents have been kicked out of The Property Ombudsman in recent months for failing to pay compensatory...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...

Attempted fraud in the letting sector has risen sharply over the past two years, it’s been claimed. Tenant reference provider Homeppl claims...

A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...

The availability of stock within the owner-occupied market is now back to a pre-pandemic norm, but the reverse is true for...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

The anti-agent pro-renter group Acorn has protested outside some agents’ offices in Bristol demanding an end to rival bids for properties...

An online lettings platform used by 20,000 landlords is seeking an additional £850,000 In investment. Lettingaproperty is using crowdfunding site Seedrs for...

Keyzy, a rent-to-own service aimed at aspiring homeowners, has raised £3m in a seed funding round.  The proceeds will accelerate its purchases...

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...

Buy to let specialist lender Fleet Mortgages says almost every region of the UK is now seeing increased yields for investors.  The...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...

The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...

A leading agency says there are now clear indications that supply in the lettings market is growing and that rent levels...

The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...

Jeffrey Ross, an independent lettings and sales agency in Cardiff, has acquired ACJ Sales and Lettings in Penarth. Jeffrey Ross has acquired...

High end agency UK Sotheby’s International Realty - which has properties to let at up to an eye-watering cost of £80,000...

A rent guarantor provider has announced a deal with agency Clever Student Lets. The provider - called RentGuarantor - says the deal...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

Private rents rose by 4.2 per cent in the year to December according to official government figures released this week -...

PropTech firm Goodlord has acquired lettings platform Halo. It’s Goodlord’s third acquisition in as many years. Halo, launched in 2020, provides tenants with...

Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...

Early bird tickets are now on sale for estate agent body Propertymark’s biggest event of the year at Wembley on June...

A local authority in West Sussex is proposing to build its own Airbnb four bedroom house on the site of old...

A young family have started 2023 in their new permanent home after a London council recovered the property from an illegal...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

Demand for rental property has grown by 57 per cent since 2018 when Propertymark records began, the trade body has revealed.  At...

Prime rental growth in London ended 2022 up 10.9 per cent on the year, according to Savills prime lettings index, as...

Tenant demand in the past month has been the lowest since February 2021 and suggests that the pace of demand growth...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show that rents climbed steadily throughout 2022, finishing 20 per cent higher than in 2021.  High...

The Register of Overseas Entities, which came into force back in August, requires all overseas entities owning property in the UK...

An influential housing body has criticised the Green and SNP politicians behind the Scottish Government’s rent cap, which has been renewed...

A new Propertymark report into letting agent qualifications says professional qualifications are key in driving up standards across the private rented...

Fines issued to agents for anti-money laundering non-compliance are getting bigger, reversing a downward trend seen throughout the pandemic, according to...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...

London-focussed agency chain Dexters says it now has some 10,000 enquiries a year for its rental relocation service. It has 30,000 landlords...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow.  It employed 20 people and lettings director...

Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...

The National Crime Agency has the starring role at the first Rightmove Anti-Money Laundering webinar of the year, to be held next...

The average rent on a newly let home in Britain is £1,216 pcm in December, 7.7 per cent up on a...

A survey of letting agents suggests arrears will rise this year, and yet more landlords will quit the private rental sector. The...

A nationwide agency is holding a recruitment evening … but anyone interested has to go to Mayfair to take part. Fine &...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

Leaders Romans Group is unveiling what it claims is a new ‘sustainable’ branch office for its Portico brand in Fulham, London. The...

A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

A statement to shareholders by the Savills lettings and estate agency admits that it under-estimated how strong the high end prime...