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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 new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...

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

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

PropTech entrepreneur and lettings agent Kristjan Byfield is announcing an upgrade to his platform The Depositary, which will see its first...

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

One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

Average rent arrears claims reached £2,092 in the second quarter of this year - a rise of 15% from £1,816 in...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...

The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...

Propertymark says stricter rules for EPC ratings in the private rental sector must be backed up with incentives and financial support. The...

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

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has launched a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework. The objective is...

Propertymark is urging the UK government to implement reforms that will make it more cost effective and simpler for people to...

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

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

The resignation of Labour’s First Minister of Wales has raised alarm with Propertymark. Vaughan Gething quit yesterday after the Welsh Housing Secretary...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair claims to have enjoyed a record-breaking start to 2024, forming 61 new partnerships.  These include Concept Estate Agents,...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...

PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

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

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

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...

The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, according to Savills analysis. Overall, the total value of the UK housing...

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

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

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

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...

Housing juggernaut Legal & General says it’s now half way through a £400m Build To Rent scheme in Wandsworth, south London. It...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

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

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...

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

Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...

A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

A housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

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

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

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...