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Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked  REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...

A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...

Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

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

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

An established High Street agency has launched a “partner’ business model that it claims will be the future shape of the...

The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...

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

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation.  We...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

A PropTech platform that boasts 200 letting agents and landlords amongst its current clientele has won over £500,000 in additional funding...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

A lettings agency says renters must pay an average of up to 77 per cent of their monthly household income to...

A major Select Committee of MPs has launched an enquiry into so-called exempt rental sector accommodation - a niche sector that...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Tenants are now paying less rent than five years ago, research claims. Analysis by Hamptons claims the total amount of rent paid...

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

A new HMO and co-living property management platform launches today, aimed at optimising tenancy occupancy.  The service - called COHO - claims...

A Labour MP and a newspaper have joined forces to campaign against so-called ‘exempted rental accommodation’. One of Birmingham’s MPs - Jack...

A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

Knight Frank’s student accommodation partner has given the thumbs up to new figures suggesting a surge in overseas and domestic students...

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...

The popular belief that equity release damages the housing market is being challenged by claims from ER company Retirement Advantage. It claims...

It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...

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

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

A letting agent is reported to have lied to police about his name when he was tracked down by officers investigating...