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Property industry supplier Iamproperty says some 670,000 students will likely be seeking private rental properties in the upcoming academic year -...

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

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

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

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

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

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...

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

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

London-focused agency Chestertons says it’s enjoyed a record month for lettings. This was driven by increasing demand for short-term rentals from business...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

The National Union of Students is urging the government not to give in to what it calls “exploitative” private rental sector...

The private rental sector could play a far greater role in helping to end homelessness in Scotland, according to a new...

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

London agency Chestertons has warned tenants in the capital to be prepared for a highly competitive property search this summer. The firm’s...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

Propertymark says it’s spotted what may be the first sign of a U-turn on one aspect of the controversial Renters Reform...

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

There are more Bank of England base rates to come, a group of property finance industry experts has warned.  Personal finance comparison...

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

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

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

A Labour MP has written to letting agents in her constituency demanding they explain high rents and their student allocation policies. Mary...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

As the new academic year gets underway, demand continues to far outweigh supply in the lettings market in London and the...

A lettings agency chief says the rental market continues to be red hot but with affordability beginning to play a part...

Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

The appetite for qualifications in the lettings  sector is at a five-year high, says Propertymark Qualifications. The organisation - which is the...

A 68-page academic report urges governments not to adopt hard controls that simply freeze rents - even though it acknowledges that...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

The largest provider of purpose built student accommodation in the UK, Unite, has issued a trading statement giving the latest state...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

A north of England lettings agency is claiming an all-time record for enquiries relating to student accommodation - and the biggest...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

The number of international tenants searching for UK property has reached its highest level since before the pandemic. High end agency Knight...

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

Britain’s largest supplier of purpose-built student accommodation, Unite, says students are bored with Zoom and will return en masse to their rental...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Consumer charity Citizens Advice has given guidance to student tenants who may have to return home early this term because of...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

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

Buy to let landlords specialising in student accommodation are facing huge challenges with increased government legislation and the impact of Coronavirus. That’s...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

The commercial arm of Countrywide is urging landlords currently facing huge void periods because students have been ordered home, to reconfigure...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

It looks likely that the Conservative party is set to formally oppose rent controls when it publishes its manifesto, probably in...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

A pioneering lettings agency that allocates second and subsequent year students with private sector and university-owned homes has delivered its best...

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

Student demand for places across the UK - and therefore for accommodation - is holding up well despite Brexit uncertainty, according...

There’s been a big rise in the volume of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK, suggesting that the market may be...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A landmark report on private renting provides the opportunity to stop blaming letting agents and landlords for the sector’s problems, a...

The National Landlords Association is the latest trade body to back what is being described as a landmark review of the...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

As students begin their search for housing for the next academic year, a university has relaunched a dedicated lettings agency service The...

The Communities and Local Government committee of MPs will on Monday hear their first oral evidence of the year for the...

There has been a record number of new student accommodation bed spaces delivered in 2017, with possible consequences for future buy...

What is believed to be the first-ever study of Airbnb’s effects on house prices - not just rents - suggests the...

Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...

Letting agents are being reminded of the importance of independent and professionally compiled inventories for individual students as they start or...

ARLA Propertymark has revealed what it believes is a 'big step forward' for letting agents processing large numbers of overseas student...

An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...