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

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

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

Savills has moved into a new office in Bath, occupying over 2,500 square feet in a prominent on a prominent shopping...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

The historic Cluttons agency has moved its London office HQ to what it calls “a new prime trophy building.” It’s taken a...

Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...

Moneyfacts, the respected independent mortgage market monitor, is warning that lenders have been withdrawing buy to let fixed deals. Within the buy...

A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...

The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

Winkworth is expanding in the south west with a new office opening in the Bishopston area of Bristol, tapping into a...

A news website is reporting that a landlord cut the asking rent of a property after social media criticism of its...

The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...

Investment in the Build To Rent sector has almost doubled year-on-year, according to new research. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield says that...

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...

A property management company with a portfolio of over 130 properties in the Telford area has been fined £5,100 for failing...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Agents with landlord clients who let properties in Central West Bromwich are being reminded to check if they should apply for...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties.  Gatwick and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...

Housing minister Chris Pincher has written an open letter to all landlords and agents in England, telling them how to enact the...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

Leaders Romans Group has completed the purchase of Dewhurst Lettings in Swindon - the latest in its acquisition programme announced earlier...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...

There’s a warning today that office-to-resi conversions - popular with landlords in recent years - are at an increased risk of...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

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

Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...

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

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

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

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...

Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...

Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...

A fine of over £29,000 has been imposed on an absentee landlord whose property was said to have put tenants’ lives...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...

A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...

The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...