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The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

The chance of the Bank of England deciding to cut base rate today and thus trigger further interest rate cuts, is...

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...

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

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

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

The trade body representing short lets providers and support companies has reacted angrily to government proposals for a radical shake up. Housing...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

Agents who want to put their arguments for lettings fiscal reform to the Chancellor have until 5pm next Wednesday to submit...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

It looks as if the rental market is set to stay strong for some years to come. That’s because lending for house...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

A revised code of practice for Right To Rent has been issued to agents and landlords. This sixth revision supersedes the previous...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

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

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

Labour says it will enact a law banning company bosses from contacting staff outside working hours. The Financial Times reported over the weekend that party...

A keynote speaker at the upcoming Propertymark One event is Gerald Ratner. In 1991 Ratner - then chief executive of a down...

Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...

The new trade body for short lets has reacted angrily to a government plan for AirBnb and other short let hosts...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

Letting agents say the latest review of how Right To Rent has been carried out demonstrates “a knowledge gap” by landlords. This...

Propertymark has told the government it should have three priorities for next month’s Budget. 1. Improving welfare system for vulnerable and low-waged...

The director of a property development firm says Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer must do more to boost housing supply as...

Agents have spent the weekend insisting that the latest house price fall is not indicative of a crash - and may...

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have fallen by nine per cent in 2022, Yorkshire Building Society says. Analysis by...

Data from the mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance shows the wisdom of agents having a lettings division. The body says: “We...

A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

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

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

A major lettings sector supplier says the industry must do more to appeal to win employees from the TikTok generation. These typically...

A lettings agency chief says the rental market continues to be red hot but with affordability beginning to play a part...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...

An apprentice working at Newcastle’s Walton Robinson agency has revealed why she believes it’s her dream job. The agency specialises in residential...

The pandemic has fuelled an appetite for working from home amongst those seeking employment at lettings agencies and other parts of...

A lettings agency is celebrating winning the obstruction to let and manage a 63 unit Build To Rent scheme for students...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

The chief executive of industry accreditation service Safeagent has made another plea for unity within the private rental sector. In a response...

One of the leading names in property land and regeneration has announced what it calls Project Spur - a massive launch...

The chief executive and founder of an award-winning sales and lettings brand is set to discuss the best practice approaches to...

Remote work could enable over 13m Britons to ultimately live and work outside the major cities, according to research by a...

The latest forecast for the UK lettings market this year is that there will be a four per cent rise in...

Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...

OnTheMarket’s deal with a PropTech firm to provide free tenant referencing has been extended indefinitely for agents who pay the portal...

A commercial partnership between tenant referencing platform Canopy and property website OnTheMarket has involved an investment of some £350,000. The figure has...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

The long term undersupply of rental properties across the country is expected to support rental growth into 2022, says Zoopla. In addition,...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Rents in some of the most popular locations of the country have risen 25 per cent in the past year according...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Two Labour MPs have made extensive claims about the number of evictions from the private rental sector likely to happen if...

ARLA Propertymark is advising agents to get up to speed on new rules - and possible higher costs - when changes...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

The Resolution Foundation has added its voice to that of many charities and other think tanks demanding more government support for...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

A new PropTech tool for agents claims to help weed out time-wasters and reduce the viewing-to-offer ratio. Rental Passport, produced by LegalforLandlords,...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...

New research pours cold water on claims by anti-agency campaigners that there will be a glut of evictions when the ban ends...

New data from Zoopla shows that a two-speed rental market is operating across the UK, with London in particular hitting major...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

A  buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...

New figures on pay and perks in the industry show that letting agents are better rewarded than their sales counterparts. A survey...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has requested a review of Capital Gains Tax rules from the Office for Tax Simplification - leading to...

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies -...

Research shows that half of those in the private rental sector are aged 16 to 34, making the lettings industry vulnerable...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

Lettings management platform Howsy claims it has seen an increase in business since the lockdown 10 days ago.  It says it’s enjoyed...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

There’s been an upbeat prediction on the lettings market given by leading market commentator Lucian Cook, head of residential research at...