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Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...

New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

My Property Box – a North East-headquartered lettings and sales agency – has struck a multi-million pound private equity deal for it...

Rents in June 2024 rose by 6.7% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Goodlord Rental Index.  The Index, which analyses...

Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London.  An additional HMO licensing...

A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

This year has seen a two-decade high of 181,000 first time buyers secure their first foot on London’s housing ladder, marking...

Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...

Bristol’s latest Build To Rent scheme from Grainger claims its pre-leasing phase has exceeded expectations with over a third of homes...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

A politician is claiming that second home council tax premiums, where owners pay up to double the normal rate, is resulting...

Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Asking rents continue to show pos­itive annualised growth in all regions except Greater London and Scotland.  That’s according to respected property website...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

A prominent rental activist is tomorrow going to tell a House of Lords committee about the need to regulate letting agents. Conor...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

Data released today from Foxtons has found that the number of new instructions in January 2024 was 25 per cent higher...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Independent polling gives Labour a big lead when it comes to its approach to housing policy. Detailed polling by the Ipsos pollster...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

LonRes says rents in prime London are still rising but the rate of rental growth has slowed to two-year low. That took...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...

The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...

The Federation of Independent Agents has selected an automated client account platform as a supplier.  The FIA was established in by Graham...

Annual rental growth across prime London slowed slightly to 8.1 per cent in October according to property data firm LonRes.  However, rents...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...

Normality appeared on the horizon in the prime London rental market in October according to high end agency Knight Frank.  Average rents...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

Letting agents are currently managing 25 email and phone enquiries on average for every property they have to let across Britain,...

Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...

It may still be 16 months until the furthest date for the next General Election but with party conference season in...

Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...

There are no signs of rental growth slowing in prime London lettings market, says LonRes. The property data firm says annual rental...

An ex-ARLA supremo says technology is the best way for letting agents to cope with a huge rise in telephone calls. ARLA...

Parliament resumes today following its summer recess but there is still a lack of detail on aspects of the Renters Reform...

One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...

Knight Frank has appointed a temporary head of lettings in what it calls its “strategically important” Chelsea office in London. Willow Bushnell...

Annual rental growth in July was 9.1 per cent across prime London according to LonRes.   This figure took rents to 28.4 per...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...

A study by consumer intelligence service TwentyCi shows a continued severe under-supply of properties in the private rental sector.  It says that...

The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

The Cambridge Building Society has selected two tenants by ballot to receive up to 70 per cent of their rent back...

A prominent lettings agency says capital values could be damaged if a controversial emissions scheme goes ahead in London. Research by Benham...