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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7.  PropTech Connect will...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

The short lets industry - consisting of suppliers and operators within the burgeoning sector of Airbnb-style lettings - is to stage...

The government should do more to promote energy efficiency or risk finding itself in an even more difficult position next year. That’s...

Airbnb has outlined plans to invest £500,000 to “preserve and showcase the West Midlands' cultural assets and boost tourism in the...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

A trade body representing the Airbnb-style short lets sector says this kind of accommodation now has a five per cent market...

An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...

Airbnb has signed what it calls “a landmark agreement” with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the official hosting provider for ...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

A holiday lettings company says it’s the first in the industry to introduce a voluntary cap on the number of bookings...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

The TrustedStays platform, where users can book short let accommodation, is linking with business-centric service London & Partners. London & Partners’ role...

Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

A service which describes itself as Europe’s “largest end-to-end rental accommodation marketplace” has announced a new acquisition. Housing Anywhere has acquired a...

Finance companies have announced the development of a new 440-unit Build To Rent scheme in Birmingham. Harrison Street, an alternative real assets...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

An international residential platform which manages 200,000 properties in 29 countries across Europe - including the UK - has signed an...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

A PropTech platform which uses Open Banking to help with tenant due diligence has raised another £1m in funding. Homeppl - which...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

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

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

Airbnb has launched a scheme it calls the UK Trust and Safety Alliance to offer hosts information on health, safety and...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

Fixflo, the well known provider of property repairs and maintenance software across the lettings sector, has been acquired by a European...

PropTech start up Halo claims that what it calls a new “tenant engagement platform” will streamlines the rental onboarding process. The firm...

Halo.rent, a proptech startup from the UK, announces the launch of its tenant engagement platform that streamlines the entire rental onboarding...

The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...

An automated payments service has teamed up with a student accommodation provider to devise an eCommerce system allowing simpler rent payments. Vyne uses...

Some £3.5 billion of investment was placed in the growing Build To Rent sector in 2020, despite concerns over the pandemic...

A survey of private rental sectors in major European cities suggests London is one of the tougher locations for tenants working...

HousingAnywhere, a rental platform specialising in accommodation for young professionals and students, has raised some €24m for further expansion. The service covers some UK...

Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

If you think 2020 has been complicated, just wait until 2021: that’s the claim of a rental guarantor service which warns...

The long-running uncertainty over Brexit may lead to a glut of British expats returning home and renting rather than buying. That’s the...

Overseas and domestic students have returned to the Central London lettings market 'in force' so far this month, according to Dexters. The...

Long-standing industry figure Robin Paterson has described how a company has re-shaped its service post-pandemic to offer high quality short lets...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

The typical rent for a London property makes it “the undefeated number one most expensive city in Europe” despite increases slowing...

PropTech company Goodlord, already used by hundreds of agencies across the UK, has revealed a £10m investment windfall after its latest...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

London rents increased by an average of 3.5 per cent in 2019 according to a European lettings monitor called HousingAnywhere. While this...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents is urging member agents and the industry to ensure it is up to date with...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

London is growing in its importance as a Build To Rent market according to new research released today. International property consultancy JLL...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...

A European law firm has set out a critique of the driving forces behind Build To Rent - and it says...

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...

The impact of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has not hit the central London lettings sector as much as...