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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...

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

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

Tenants today spend 12% longer in the same property before switching, than they did a decade ago. Analysis of the English Housing...

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

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

A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

The main landlord body wants more details behind the soundbite rhetoric of the Renters Referm Bill, launched today in Parliament. Ben Beadle,...

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

There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...

Over two thirds of tenants are satisfied with their private rented accommodation, a new survey shows. The finding comes in the results...

Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer picked on the buy to let and holiday home sectors as targets for future restrictions, in...

Forty per cent of privately rented homes in England are unlikely to achieve the energy efficiency rating target set to become...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

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

A radical shake up of the private rental sector is expected to be announced tomorrow by Housing Secretary Michael Gove. The main...

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...

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

A controversial lettings agent who has set up a business to sell rental insurance has accused landlords of not taking their...

Propertymark says new figures detailing the costs of energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector show the need for a...

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...

There’s a been a slight fall in the size of the private rental sector in England according to government figures.  Latest data...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

ARLA Propertymark is backing a cross-industry call for more information to be provided to politicians who go on to make housing...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

There’s been another increase in the proportion of private tenants saying they are satisfied with their housing according to data published...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member...

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...

Nearly four out of 10 landlords believe that tenant demand will rise this year, according to a study by high-profile buy...

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...

Haart is trying to shift the mood music around the private rental sector from challenging to celebratory, saying there is plenty...

The quality of accommodation in the private rental sector has drastically improved in the past decade according to a survey by...

Utilities management service Tenant Shop says demographic changes leading to more families and older individuals renting privately represent an opportunity for...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...

You may be forgiven for thinking that rent takes up an ever-greater proportion of tenants’ income - but new figures out...

Private rental sector tenants in England stay an average of 4.1 years in their property - casting doubt over the justification...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

One of the country’s leading buy to let experts has given her reasoning behind the surge in the number of people...

A large majority of private sector tenants, 84 per cent, are satisfied with their housing according to the English Housing Survey...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

The Nationwide has bucked the trend of many industry organisations by insisting that the private rental market is still in good...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...

Analysis of government figures by the Nationwide suggest that the buy to let sector is still growing despite tax changes and...

Analysis of the latest English Housing Survey data reveals that the private rental sector provides homes to a fifth of the population,...

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...

The pressure group Generation Rent - often identified with highlighting issues concerning young tenants - is now warning of a massive...

New data from a survey of tenants suggests demand for the private rental sector looks set to be high for the...

The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...

The myth has been broken - tenants in the private rental sector are more satisfied with their accommodation than those in...

Letting agents need to modernise and digitise to prepare for a surge in the size of the private rental sector according...

Conservative peer Lord Flight, a former shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the UK needs “a vibrant and growing private...

Analysis of the government's latest English Housing Survey figures shows that there’s been a further decline in the home ownership rate...

Analysis of the government’s respected English Housing Survey suggests that the reality of the private rental sector is far from the...

Tenants in private rented housing are staying longer than ever in their current homes as the proportion of tenants with children...

Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...

An industry group says the seemingly non-stop attack on the private rental sector by campaigning charity Shelter is “plain wrong.”   After a...

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans for rent controls and “secure tenancies” in the private rented sector would spell disaster for tenants, reducing the...

An industry body has blasted an analysis of housing trends in England that claims the private rented sector is ‘not fit...

The number of tenancies signed by a single tenant has fallen, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. Last year, tenants living...

Letting agents and landlords should prepare for longer-term tenancies by improving their management and giving more choice to interior design, fixtures...

Seventy nine per cent of tenants are happy with their circumstances according to a survey conducted by the National Landlords’ Association...

Private rental sector tenancies are getting longer according to the Residential Landlords’ Association.  It says new government figures show that the average...

The government’s initiatives to try to increase house building and owner occupation will not stop demand for rented homes rising by...

Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rental sector, claiming that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from...

The National Landlords Association has accused the Citizens Advice report of using “loose definitions to compound a perception that private housing...