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A council that is buying private properties in second home hotspots to let to local people has struck a new agreement...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

VISTA, a tenant referencing service first announced back in November, launches today. Insurance and referencing service HomeLet says the product will “provide...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

Inspirational broadcaster and author Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel...

Long-standing lettings franchisee Kevin Hall has snapped up a third independent agency in his town. Hall, who has run the Ashford branch...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...

London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has confirmed that Awaab’s Law - putting a strict timescale on urgent repairs being done -...

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

Letting agents looking to boost the power of lead generation are invited to an exclusive event later this week. Agent Rainmaker is...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

According to the BBC, the Government is no longer committed to increase the amount disabled people in England can claim to...

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

Prime London rental values fell closer to their longer-term average in January, as supply continued to increase - but worries about...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

One of the Republic of Ireland's largest agency chains, Sherry Fitzgerald, has snapped up Belfast independent Simon Brien Residential, known as...

A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...

The former Foxtons managing director Peter Rollings is to give agent a masterclass in obtaining higher lettings and sales fees. Rollings will...

A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...

Rents have risen seven per cent in the past year while voids have lengthened in the past month - although remain...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

A former Economics Editor and Chief Political Correspondent of ITN will be a keynote speaker at the Propertymark One conference in...

Two thirds of private renters have experienced a problem with the quality or condition of their property in the past six...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...

Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in...

A new study claims holiday rental providers could increase business five fold or more through improved communication. The study asked more than...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

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

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...