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Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

One of the largest lettings portals in Scotland is warning that plans by the government north of the border to introduce rent...

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has launched a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework. The objective is...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...

The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...

The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

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

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it welcomes the new Labour government’s ambitious housing plans - but it also casts...

There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...

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

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

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

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

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

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

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

The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...

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

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

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

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

Letting agents are being invited to two senior Formula 1 figures on how to improve their performance. Neil Martin has held senior...

An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency.  Preston Baker...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

Claire Williams, the former team principal of the legendary Williams Formula One Team , has been named as one of the...

The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year...

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

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

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

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

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

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

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

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

One of the UK’s leading lettings agents is bemoaning what he calls “the missed opportunity “ to help the rental sector...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

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...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

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

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed a former Hamptons agent to handle short lets for clients. Nina Wallrock, who has...

The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

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

Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda,  Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

The Green Party - which ran the Brighton and Hove council until being swept from office in May’s local elections -...

New figures from flat-sharing site SpareRoom suggest that while rents are still climbing, there are early signs of a lettings market...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

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...

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

Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

A new office in the London suburb of North Acton has been announced by the LIFE Residential agency. The firm already has...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

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

The head of a consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition has given her views on what a General Election might mean...

The National Residential Landlords Association is looking for help from letting agents in building a case against rent controls. The association is...

Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...

Midlands-based property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its third business in five months. It’s snapped up Chipping Campden-based Andrew Greenwood Estate...

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