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The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...

Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Inspirational broadcaster and author Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Long-standing activist investor Brett Stone has made a last-ditch bid to scupper a proposed takeover of OnTheMarket by US firm CoStar. CoStar...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

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

Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties.  The...

The auction - often seen as an ideal opportunity for investment buyers - is going through a torrid time in the...

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

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

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

New data shows that online agents have failed in their bid to replace traditional agencies - and that there are more...

The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

Lucy Noonan, founder of Atomic Consultancy, reviews how partnering with Atomic can help property and lettings companies buy or sell their...

A bizarre lettings start-up has launched - and isn’t taking rent in return for property.  KindRoom instead offers itself as a platform...

Keller Williams UK, which recently announced the closure of two of its franchise operations, has bounced back with what it calls...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

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

The rental market across Prime London continues to suffer from a combination of low supply and rapidly rising rents, according to...

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

A tenant has allegedly confronted an unnamed lettings agent over being “pushed out” of his long-term tenancy to make way for...

House price growth in prime country and coastal locations is beginning to plateau after two years of runaway growth, with urban...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...

Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

A PropTech startup says faster and easier onboarding is crucial in the fight against rent arrears - especially with the Omicron...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

A lettings agency with links to Saudi Arabian investors has produced a case study of how faith is returning to the long...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The president of the Law Society of England and Wales says tenants facing eviction as a result of the ban being...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

'Forward in Unity' is a mural painted by Gent48, a renowned Birmingham street artist. It's situated in the centre of Digbeth...

ARLA Propertymark is warning politicians fighting elections this spring that rent controls should be firmly off the agenda. The organisation traditionally sets...

An MP who says no one should have to give up their pet to live in a rental property insists that...

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

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...

An organisation that wants rent controls, the scrapping of Section 21 and what it calls “indefinite tenancies” claims to have 4,000...

A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

One of London’s largest lettings agencies is warning its landlord clients to only use mortgage payment holidays offered by lenders as a...

An agency and its landlord clients have come to the aid of nurses who are in the frontline of the fight...

The Coronavirus pandemic knows no boundaries - and that goes for those helping to fight it too. Medical staff from the UK...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

Agents have come out fighting against a proposal being considered in one part of the UK to triple the time to...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...

Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

A group of activists has expressed outrage over a council’s private rental licensing scheme, claiming it is too small to catch...

One of the most pro-licensing local authorities in the country has extended its own scheme to include the entire centre of...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

Agents have under three weeks left to respond to the government’s proposals to introduce a Housing Court to settle disputes in...

A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

An online lettings service which says it’s aiming to triple its level of business in the next 12 months claims it’s...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

Goodlord, the PropTech company which restructured earlier this year and laid off a reported 40 members of staff, is fighting back...

The local media in Bristol are reporting that landlords in the city are complaining that they face backruptcy if a hugely...

Two buy to let investors have been fined a total of more than £27,000 under enforcement powers introduced in Burnley to...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...

The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...

The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded...

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...

A lettings and sales agency in the West Midlands has merged with its franchise outlet.   Lawsons was founded by Sally Lawson in...

Fergus Wilson, long-regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let investor and landlord despite recent attempts to sell some of his homes,...

The Residential Landlords Association has listed key MPs in marginal constituencies who should be lobbied ahead of the March 8 Budget...

Saturday is traditionally the day many MPs hold their constituency surgeries, listening to grievances and opinions from their electors.    Conservative member of...

Despite the challenges faced by the buy to let sector, mortgage companies are fighting hard for business - and two and...

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

Local media in west London report that nine people have been rescued by firefighters after a fire above a letting and...

Agents and landlords in one of the country’s most politically-volatile cities are preparing to meet the local council to protest at...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...