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

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

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

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

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

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

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

Chester-based Residential Estates, established over 30 years ago, has been rebranded as Guestz.  The firm says it’s from a local lettings and...

One of the largest vacation lettings agencies - Sykes Holiday Cottages - says a survey shows that two thirds of holiday...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

OnTheMarket, which in recent days has been revealing deals with new industry partners, continues today with Vaboo. This can provide all OnTheMarket agents...

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...

The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

The rise and rise of Rightmove continues apace. Figures for the first half of 2022 released at the start of the weekend...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

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

An agency in an Airbnb hotspot is offering incentives to landlords who switch from short lets to long-term mainstream letting. Dan Roskilly,...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

Shelter has made an outspoken attack on a government proposal to extend Right To Buy to housing association tenants. The idea -...

A new and huge private rental licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42...

New financial incentives are needed to bring thousands of empty homes back into use and give a much-needed boost to the...

A PropTech chief says there’s substantial opportunity for letting agents to earn more revenue - so long as they understand their...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has teamed up with a rewards provider to offer 500 letting agencies one year of free access. Agents...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

Labour has dropped its controversial policy under which private tenants would have been able to buy their homes at a discount. Press...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

The LonRes data consultancy says the lettings market in prime areas of the capital is now characterised by increasing rents and...

A new branch of franchise agency Century 21 has opened in Chelmsford with two unusual pitches - its own ‘ban’ on...

A new investment company has launched offering what it calls “opportunities to invest in key residential and commercial developments across the...

A council tax fraud totaling over £2,800 across three properties and over six years has resulted in the buy to let...

One of the most respected buying agencies says it believes that with well under a year before the UK quits the...

A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

Redbridge council in London is offering 50 per cent off the cost of its private rental sector licensing scheme until September...

Prime central London is seeing the rise of the micro-apartment, according to new research, as squeezed accommodation budgets have seen singles...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...

George Osborne has announced a shock additional 3.0 per cent stamp duty on second homes and buy to let properties. Details are...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...

One of four MP candidates standing for the Labour Party leadership says Right To Buy should be extended - to private...

The recent warning to estate agents by the Competition and Markets Authority sends a strong signal to the industry that “informal...