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New figures showing no slowdown in the rate of private rental inflation is just additional “misery” for tenants, a leading financial...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...

Houseful - the company which operates Zoopla amongst other industry brands - has launched Movemnt, which it describes as “a national...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

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

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

Zoopla’s Alto cloud-based software has announced a new integration with lettings PropTech supplier Canopy. This will enable tenant referencing to be permitted...

PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...

Cloud-based software system Alto and repairs and maintenance management system Fixflo are to unveil an integration in the next fortnight.  This will...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Investors looking to add to their portfolios in 2023 should be urged to consider student housing opportunities, according to a Newcastle...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting a webinar to help letting agents better navigate the dispute resolution process.   The service says...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city.  The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...

There’s a slowly growing optimism amongst property industry figures that the 2023 housing market will be relatively pain-free and not seeing...

Large areas of the country  will remain without vital legal advice to prevent evictions if the government fails to persuade law...

A north of England lettings agency has rebranded after two decades. Walton Robinson - which specialises in residential lettings for students, professionals...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

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...

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

ARLA Propertymark President David Votta and Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson are amongst a group of trade body figures who have...

A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...

Lettings platform Vouch and cloud-based software service Alto are teaming up for a webinar. The aim is to offer agents a route...

There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

Winkworth’s latest figures to shareholders show that sales revenues have slumped badly - but lettings have boomed for the moment at...

Newcastle-based agency Walton Robinson is offering a buy to let property sourcing service.  This year, the agency claims it’s secured rental increases...

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

UK hosts on Airbnb collectively earned over £1.5 billion in 2021 the short let platform claims. Some £668m of that was over...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...

Agents are being invited to take part in a pilot project which claims it will cut down on ‘back office’ chores...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has signed a six year software deal with Zoopla’s Alto service. This means that...

A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...

A north of England agency is going green as it replaces its existing car fleet electric vehicles. The purchase of two Volkswagen...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

Volume developer Crest Nicholson has announced its biggest Build To Rent deal, worth £120m, organised in tandem with financial firm Oaktree. The...

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...

Alto, the Zoopla-owned cloud-based software for agents, has unveiled what it calls “its next generation of functionality.” New features include an enhanced...

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

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

A new web-based listing management platform for small estate agencies is being launched in the UK, claiming to allow modest firms...

A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

Despite rent controls being a vote-catching policy for some local election candidates next week, the reality is that asking rents in...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

A Liberal Democrat bid is underway to accelerate the government timetable to scrap Section 21. The Renters’ Rights Bill put forward by government...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre...

Some buy to let mortgages are now more expensive than before for borrowers, despite the recent fall in the Bank of...

There’s growing concern across the lettings sector about the buy to let mortgage market seeing lenders pull product ranges, tighten lending...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

The normally-sedate Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has issued an unusually stark warning to government, telling it to “stop meddling” in...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

High profile agency Haart has issued a warning to landlords on what it sees as the three key risks to successful letting...

Connells Group has acquired the lettings business portfolio of an independent agency in a move it describes as “part of its...

There’s been general support for last week’s judgment by the High Court that the government’s Right To Rent policy breaches human...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

A major property platform says London’s rental and sales market may well be on the road to recovery - but that...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...

A new PropTech platform has launched today linking tenants’ rental payments with their Experian credit histories, as well as providing reports...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

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

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

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...

Kevin Hollinrake - the founder of franchise agency Hunters and now a Conservative MP - is calling for a cut in...

A landlord has been fined just £440 after he effectively left a tenant homeless.    Warrington Magistrates Court heard that Peter Lamont, the...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says the government should not back a provision in the Renters' Rights Bill which would...

A letting agency in London has announced that it has dropped all fees it charges to tenants.  STANLEY Chelsea, a one branch...

The Liberal Democrats are following in the footsteps of some Green and Labour politicians in calling for a ban on letting...