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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...

Some of the richest people on the world, who use London as one of their bases, are choosing to rent rather...

It’s been revealed by Propertymark that HM Revenue & Customs has fined agents over £1.6m for branches of anti-money laundering regulations. The...

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

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

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

An agency has upgraded a lettings office after what it describes as a makeover by ‘green office and retail design consultants’. The...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

The Housing Secretary in the Welsh Government, Julie James, was one of several ministers to quit in yesterday's dramatic day of...

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

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

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London.  An additional HMO licensing...

A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...

Property data consultancy LonRes has named five winners in its so-called ‘Let Of The Year’ awards. The London-focussed consultancy has revealed the...

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

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

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

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

The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...

Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...

The chief executive of Goodlord, the prominent PropTech supplier to the lettings sector, has been revealed as one of the 121...

An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...

Leaders - part of the Leaders Romans Group - has unveiled what it claims to one its latest “sustainable office” in...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

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

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

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

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...

Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

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

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Propertymark is revamping the big London conference it trialled this year - and it’s fired an entire hotel for the after-party...

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

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

The partners of high end agency and property consultancy Cluttons have announced the completion of a management buyout.  James Gray continues as...

Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030.  The firm says...

Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...

Propertymark has announced an extensive regional 19-meeting schedule for 2024. A statement from the trade body says the schedule “will blend together...

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

A Belvoir franchisee has doubled the size of his business by buying out a local independent agency - his third acquisition...

HomeLet claims its new VISTA service will revolutionise the lettings industry by eliminating fraud through the use of detection technology and...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

Propertymark has issued a statement warning politicians not to introduce rent controls by the backdoor through processes which tinker with the...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

The apparent rise and rise of Belvoir Group is down to its resilient business model and the entrepreneurs who run its...

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...

Franchise giant Winkworth is opening a new office in West Hampstead, extending its north London footprint from existing offices in neighbouring...

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...

The head of one of the country’s highest profile franchise agency empires says the self-employed ethos of some advisers and entrepreneurial...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London reach another new record this quarter of £1,231 per calendar month. That’s the...

Two cities have been identified as the UK’s highest-growth cities across multiple property sectors over the next 10 years, according to...

Two prominent trade bodies representing elements of the private rental sector are fighting back against the latest attempt to impose rent...

Huddersfield entrepreneur Chan Khangura has added another specialist lettings agency to his portfolio. With his father Kashmir he fought off tough competition...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

A Leaders branch office revamp has been launched with claims of it being fully sustainable. The Lewes branch of Leaders - part...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

LSL Property Services - owners of the Your Move and Reeds Rain brands - is to franchise its entire network of...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...

Airbnb is warning the UK government not to be heavy handed in its planning controls restricting the short lets sector. At the...

Leaders lettings agency has launched its new sustainable office in Aylesbury. The company insists that by 2030 all of its branches will...

Airbnb says any new rules for short lets in Wales should protect hosts and the benefits they bring to the tourism...

After announcing a new license in Southwark and Camberwell earlier this month Fine & Country is now expanding further in London...

A company in the identity verification sector is warning that anti-money laundering checks are set to reach a new intensity in...

Propertymark’s showcase event this year is to be addressed by a person who is a chartered psychologist, neuroscientist, science communicator, author...

A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...

New research from Rightmove suggests that all-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities for tenants using the portal.  The research...