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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

New figures showing no slowdown in the rate of private rental inflation is just additional “misery” for tenants, a leading financial...

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

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...

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...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

An executive with four decades of experience in the insurance sector has joined the board of accreditation service safeagent as a...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...

Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

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

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

Lomond has announced yet another acquisition, this time expanding its presence across the south coast with by snapping up Mishon Mackay. The...

The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...

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...

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

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...

Independent agency Henry Adams says it wants “entrepreneurs and business owners” to “explore new growth avenues” The company is seeking acquisitions, joint...

An agency group with an acquisition programme funded by a private equity operation has snapped up another independent agency. Lomond - which...

A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

High profile independent lettings agency base property specialists is marking its 20th anniversary with a new video-first website. The agency - located...

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

Letting agents are being encouraged to sign up so a mystery shopper can assess their performance. KnowYourMarket, a market research firm in...

Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...

A 20-branch agency focused on Surrey has relocated its flagship office in the county. Seymours’ new 3,000 square feet office space is...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

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

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

An amendment is expected to be made by the government to its Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. The Bill, put forward by...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

Law firm Bishop & Sewell is hosting a webinar to give leaseholders information and advice about the Right to Manage, a...

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

Propertymark wants the government to cool down on its enthusiasm for brownfield development. It says in a response to a consultation that...

Propertymark has batted away any possible market pessimism as a result of a downbeat price index result from the Halifax  Just before...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

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

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

Today’s new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A prominent property expert who runs a buying and property management service for high end clients says London still attracts international...

Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...

Karen Stanley of Stanley Strategic Consultants, and Filomena Crolla of Domus Stay are the first students to pass the highest level...

There’s growing anger over restrictions on private homeowners using their properties via Airbnb and other short let platforms. Earlier this week Housing...

PropTech player Technology Blueprint Ltd has completed the integration of compliance software firm, CheckDocs.  The move is the first in a series...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Lettings and sales agency Gascoines is this week celebrating 70 years of serving the property market in Nottinghamshire. Founded by Doug Gascoine...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

New data released by insurance firm HomeLet claims that average rents have fallen now for three months on the bounce. The past...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

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

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...

The UK Apartment Association - a Build To Rent trade body - has given details of an expo it’s hosting in...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

Letting agents’ body Propertymark is throwing its weight behind a mandatory licensing and registration scheme for short let landlords. Anyone who lets...

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

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

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...