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Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

Well known lettings agency Gascoigne Halman has seen the move of two letting agents to one of its branches. Heather Wynn and...

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

A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...

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

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

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

An activist at the centre of a controversy involving a London letting agent has used a left-wing website to explain how...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and the Institute of Residential Property Management have been merged under the name The Property...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

An industry partner has donated more than £10,000 to local charities and community good causes over the past 18 months. Former journalist...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A council tenant has been fined £100,000 and evicted because he let out his flat via Airbnb.  The Times reports that Toby...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...

There has been a massive surge in the volume of lettings properties under construction for the burgeoning Built To Rent sector. Data...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents has launched a first-of-its-kind Client Money Protection to members.  Although CMP schemes are to be mandatory...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

The three-branch London agency Kay & Co has been named the Smaller Managing Agent of the Year at the ARMA ACE...

The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

New figures show a 30 per cent rise in the past year in the number of Build To Rent units planned,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...

The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...

London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

Build To Rent developer Be says it is moving to a no-fees model for its development at Hayes in west London....

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

The majority of landlords still believe that a cap on letting agent fees will be more effective than an outright ban,...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

An attempt by a Labour council to encourage letting agencies to get ahead of the curve and scrap fees for tenants...

New government figures reveal that there are 80,855 Built To Rent homes either completed or planned.    It says investment in this element...

The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters.   Hackney council says...

Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...

After criticism of many younger voters allegedly failing to turn out during the June 2016 EU Referendum, new analysis of voter...

A local authority has clamped down on what it describes as illegal advertising boards, fining agencies thousands of pounds in the...

The boss of 300 branch agency Belvoir has called on the government to appoint a cross-party housing tsar to work with...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The UK Association of Letting Agents will not be using Ombudsman Service: Property to provide its dispute resolution service from the...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents, the umbrella body for professionals involved in private residential block management, has appointed Nigel Glen...

A think-tank is calling for the creation of ‘social’ letting agencies with staff who not only find housing but also get...

Lettings and sales agency Sharman Quinney has acquired Gilbert & Thomas Estate Agents.   This takes Sharman Quinney’s network total to 20 branches...

An interesting point of view from a young sales negotiator working for Spicerhaart, whose chief executive Paul Smith recently wrote an...

A landlord who failed to properly manage a home he rented out has become the first landlord prosecuted under a council’s...

The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls.  Labour’s Chris Leslie,...

Edinburgh is set to become the first local authority in Scotland to move into the private landlord business, building up to...