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From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...

Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...

An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...

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

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...

There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the British economy could accommodate three interest rate cuts this year, with Kate cuts...

Despite once claiming it would abolish Section 21 evictions “on its first day in office”, Labour appears to have gone cool...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is set to hit Build To Rent. The British Property Foundation is reacting to news that Multiple dwellings...

The Chancellor has used his Budget to confirm a 2p cut in National Insurance, from April 6. This will take it...

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

Legal & General senior executive David Reid has been named as the chair of an influential committee driving forward Build To...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...

The UK government has taken an equity stake in the rental investment platform Shojin through the conversion of a pandemic-era loan...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

The latest annual report on Build To Rent in London again talks of issues with costs and delivery. A report from the...

There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...

The National Audit Office says the government will soon have to take hard decisions on the future for the Homes For...

An independent agency managing 115 lettings units has been snapped up its local Belvoir franchise. Tim Hughes, owner of Belvoir Newbury, has...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

The average rate of annual rental growth on a newly let property in Britain hit 12.0 per cent in August, the...

Rightmove is launching a new marketing campaign which it calculates will reach 51m people - the overwhelming majority of the UK...

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

The number of completed Build to Rent homes in the UK has increased 13 per cent in the past year to...

Small but fast-growing agency Propertynest has been confirmed as a British Franchise Association member. BFA members commit to running an ethical standards-based...

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

Lettings agency Hamptons, now part of Connells, has hired a former Strictly Come Dancing and Countryfile star to front a property...

The legendary Oxfordshire-based lettings agency Finders Keepers has won gold at the local British Property Lettings Award and silver in the...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

The growth of the Build To Rent sector is a symbol of a changing Britain, in says one of the players...

A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...

The advocates of Build To Rent have made another ambitious target for the sector’s growth.  Research from the British Property Federation and...

The Lettings Candidate of the Year has been named by Propertymark Qualifications, at an awards event at the British Museum. The successful...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the creation of a Build To Rent Taskforce, using a different brand name - Three Sixty...

Propertymark is reminding letting agents in England to be ready for significant changes to the way they carry out Right to...

The shortlists for this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards have been announced, with four vying for Lettings Candidate of the Year.  The awarding...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A statement from...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

Yet another revision to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations takes effect from October 1 - that’s just under...

The Build to Rent sector has grown by 14 per cent in the year to the end of the first quarter...

A new breakdown have been released of the nationalities of overseas buyers investing in British homes - thought to be overwhelmingly...

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...

Another report is talking up the Build To Rent niche in the British rental market. Sirius Property Finance has compiled BTR sector...

The trade body which serves as a cheer leader for Build To Rent says the niche sector is part of the...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for letting and estate agents in England.  - Isolation...

One of the most respected figures in British housing has joined one of the growing number of Rent To Buy companies. Lord...

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

An agency that made a complete switch of its car fleet from petrol to electric has won the ‘Private Sector Car...

A prominent consultancy advising the Build To Rent sector has identified one British city as the prime location for investment in 2022. BNP...

Results have been released of an analysis of over 20,000 Build To Rent tenants in over 15,000 homes across the UK...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

Rental and other households should replace optical smoke alarms every 12 years unless manufacturers recommend otherwise, according to a study by...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...

Research by the British Property Federation shows that 6,937 new Build To Rent homes won full planning permission in the first...

One of the most active lenders for international investors in UK buy to let claims to have produced a market-leading mortgage...

At least one lettings agency is on a list of targets for socially-distanced protests tomorrow by anti-eviction campaigners in the left...

A prominent agent and industry commentator says the threat of higher Capital Gains Tax risks forcing yet more investors to quit...

The latest Build To Rent snapshot up to late summer shows the number of BTR homes in stages of planning across...