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Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...

A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone.  A...

A Manchester-based company which runs what it calls “an instant booking student accommodation marketplace” has joined forces with Norwegian tech firm...

A lettings network is urging landlords to back a campaign to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses. Platinum Property Partners says...

The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sales & Marketing Director What is Glide and what does...

Lettings technology platform Goodlord has acquired a new app called acasa.  acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

A new PropTech start-up that claims to make student house-hunting easier is offering free listings to lettings agents with London properties. Polygon...

Flatsharing website Ideal Flatmate has passed the seed funding milestone of £1 million. The website - which includes former Green & Co...

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...

New research claims that as many as 78 per cent of young adults aged 18 to 30 fear they will never...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...