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Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

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

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

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

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

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

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

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...

London councils have slammed government plans for regulating the short-term and holiday lets sector. In a letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove,...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

A property portal claims it’s struck an industry-first by making a “substantial investment” of over £250,000 in Artificial Intelligence.  The local portal...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

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

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

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

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

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

The Welsh Housing Minister has committed to a Housing Survey to assist its policies for the private rental sector. Propertymark has been...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

Utility management service Helpthemove has rebranded. The refresh, which has been produced alongside creative agency partner Jam, aims - in the words...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

A prominent housing journalist says Labour should fund councils to buy homes directly from private landlords to rapidly increase the size...

A development site sourcing firm claims that reclassifying just one per cent of England’s Green Belt could unlock space for almost...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...

A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

A senior figure in the financial services sector says only Build To Rent can solve the stock shortage in the lettings...

The government must focus on measures in next week’s Budget that will boost significantly the supply of homes, according to lettings...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...

Licensing for Airbnbs and similar short lets should be targeted in priority areas only and not the subject of blanket rules. That’s...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow.  It employed 20 people and lettings director...

A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

A council wants public views on empty private homes in its patch - but doesn’t want to talk about publicly-owned empty...

A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...

The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

Wandsworth council in south London is considering a review into the feasibility of introducing discretionary landlord licencing. A statement from the authority...

An independent lettings agency is opening its third bricks-and-mortar branch, under two years after the launch of the business. Hat and Home’s...

ARLA Propertymark says it’s a strong fan of New Zero ambitions but warns that the private rental sector needs incentives to...

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

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

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

The famous seaside town of Whitby in Yorkshire has voted in a referendum considering a ban on new build properties being...

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

A Conservative MP is suggesting that there could be a ’25 mile limit’ imposed around certain rental properties to ensure they...

A Labour MP says a surge in the number of stag and hen parties in her constituency - undertaken by people...

Propertymark is calling on candidates in next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections to support policies that will increase housing supply and...

There’s been a broad welcome from letting agents to the Spring Statement not loading more tax or restrictions on buy to...

The latest lettings market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord suggests that voids are reducing in almost all regions but that rents...

The UK’s rental market is now the world’s fourth largest by total volumes of privately rented properties according to research from...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...

A report from the House of Lords has condemned the private rental sector as being ”increasingly unaffordable” as well as being...

A report prepared by housing experts in Manchester shows a massive surge in the number of Airbnbs in the city -...

Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...

ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

The chancellor Rishi Sunak has been urged to make it more attractive for landlords to invest in the private rental sector. Sunak...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

As the summer begins to draw to a close and the letting market regains its stride, attention is turning to the...

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

A leading private rental trade body says only bespoke financial help can ensure the private rental sector meets government energy efficiency...

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...

A leading banking and wealth management company says a growth area for the rental sector in the years to come will...

Propertymark has waded in to the debate over flood prevention measures in the UK:il it wants insurance for homeowners and landlords faced...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...

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...

Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...