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A luxury development of 15-storey and 45-storey towers housing 581 one and two-bedroomed apartments in the heart of Birmingham is to...

Flats in a multi-millionaire developer’s prestigious shoreline scheme in Folkestone can, after all, be short-let following a U-turn by the property...

Propertymark is urging the UK government to implement reforms that will make it more cost effective and simpler for people to...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. New internal data from the company claims demand rose by 15%...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

Work has started on yet another Build To Rent scheme - this time a £13m project in Nottingham. The project, on a...

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

Southampton council has approved a big new Build To Rent scheme on the site of a disused gasworks. Hawkstone Properties Ltd and...

Housing juggernaut Legal & General says it’s now half way through a £400m Build To Rent scheme in Wandsworth, south London. It...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

A £300m transformation of part of Glasgow is continuing apace following the completion of a 346-unit Build To Rent scheme. The scheme,...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...

The Prime Central London lettings market is returning to normality, a prominent agency says. JLL says average rents fell 1.4% between Q4...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

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

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Winchester council is setting up its own agency to let and manage privately rented homes. Venta Living pledges to provide “high quality,...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

A council is considering borrowing £50m to buy properties to rent on the private market and for affordable housing. West Norfolk council...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

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

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

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

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

Knight Frank has bolstered its prime offering across north London with a new head of lettings in its Hampstead office. Jared Kilgarriff...

The lettings market shows little sign of slowing as rents rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year across Britain in October, says the...

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

Government data shows that as of 2022 some 15.29 per cent of homes in England are privately rented, with 14.9 per...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

Apartments are underperforming when it comes to capital growth, according to the Nationwide. The lender, in its latest house price index, says...

Westminster’s Labour controlled council is stepping up its war on Airbnbs and other short lets. It was a mandatory registration system for...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom has revealed just under three quarters of renters are either actively looking or considering moving...

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Savills has announced a new head of its lettings department in its Bishops Park office in Fulham. Christina McLean steps into the...

Landlords of more than 5,000 homes must register for a license and ensure their tenants have good quality housing or face...

Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom.  It says average UK room rents were...

Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

A lettings agency dealing primarily with Prime Central London is reporting that tenancy renewal volumes are shooting upwards as renters stay...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

The Cambridge Building Society has selected two tenants by ballot to receive up to 70 per cent of their rent back...

The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...

Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

A property management firm says it recently compiled a check-out report for a property which was 414 pages in total. The property...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to yet another new record of £1,190 per calendar month. This...

Landlords who bought soon after the launch of the first buy-to-let mortgage in 1996 are retiring in increasing numbers.   Research from lettings...

The Cambridge Building Society has invested in two family-sized houses to expand its unique ‘Rent to Home’ rent-return housing scheme. The two...

Average room rents rose by 10 per cent or more in every UK region, every London region and almost every major...

New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...

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

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

ChatGTP and AI are of huge interest right now and the industry is assessing their potential impact on how we do...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...

The latest Build To Rent scheme announced by the UK’s largest listed rental homes firm is in fact a 22 storey...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...

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

Rent rises are predicted to outpace house price growth over the next five years.  This is according to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

Average asking rents for new tenants outside of London have risen to a new record of £1,162 per calendar month according...

A scheme which some regard as the most controversial landlord licensing regime in the country is coming under scrutiny. Labour councillors on...

The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...

A developer building flats and houses in Cornwall has set up a lettings operation promising a fixed 10 per cent gross...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

Low stock levels, high demand and increased renewals characterise prime London rental market according to property data firm LonRes. “The rental market...

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

A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...

HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...

Rental growth continues to roar ahead across prime areas of London, according to Savills. Prime London rental values increased a further 3.3...

New details from a survey conducted by industry organisations concerning pets in rental properties show the extent of the problem. Some 537...

The Prime Central London lettings market continues to see rents rise as stock levels remain low, says property consultancy JLL. The low...

A property management company has been punished with a hefty fine for failing to both clear up and also keep free...

The man behind the Ideal Flatmate rental platform has now set up a Build To Rent portal called Your Place. All properties...