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

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Angela Rayner has been appointed Levelling Up Secretary with responsibility for housing - a role she has in addition to being...

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

Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...

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

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

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

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

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

A former Economics Editor and Chief Political Correspondent of ITN will be a keynote speaker at the Propertymark One conference in...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...

Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...

New housing minister Lee Rowley has spoken out in favour of Build To Rent. At the inaugural Build To Rent Innovators conference...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

Last week’s Autumn Statement - which fell short of expectations in terms of help for the private rental sector - is...

Senior Labour MP Clive Betts says the party’s official house building policy won’t actually solve the shortage of homes. Labour deputy leader...

The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...

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

A council’s lettings service - first set up a decade ago - says it is stepping up its campaign to recruit...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

The latest lettings market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows rental demand continuing to rise.  A net balance of...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...

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

Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...

High profile regional lettings and sales agency Gascoigne Halman has unveiled a fresh new look at its Alderley Edge office. The agency...

The post-Covid prime lettings market in London has seen remarkable growth, an agency says. The latest data from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices London...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...

A respected property lawyer is accusing the government of helping nuisance tenants at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. Ian Narberth,...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform.  The integration within TecLet claims to save...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out.  Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...

A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...

An agency brand says it’s “astounded” at how many of its member branches want to take part in an international investment...

The housing crisis will be made worse by rent caps, two property experts have said. Various activist groups, much of the Green...

Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation.  We...

A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...

Agents and landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn...

The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

Increased demand and investor appetite for purpose built Single Family Rental schemes have seen this niche market grow at scale, according...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Trading Standards is calling for more due diligence checks to be made following the jailing of a rogue letting agent for...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...

The latest report from ARLA Propertymark shows that at last the average number of properties available for rent per agency branch...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

The franchise owners of a Parkers branch have marked their third year under the brand by opening a second office. Brendan and...

A large Build To Rent scheme of almost 300 flats is launching a scheme allowing local businesses to market themselves to...

New research from holiday lettings agency Classic Cottages shows that 2021 was a record year in one of the country’s staycation...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

Propertymark has expressed a sigh of relief at a decision this week by the Appeal Court, which ruled in favour of...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...

A leading lettings agency wants next week’s Budget to unveil incentives to bolster supply in the long term rental sector. Richard Davies,...

The room-letting sector known as co-living, now growing in London, has seen occupancy levels bounce back since some Covid restrictions have...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

An estate and lettings agent has analysed how the level of rental arrears has grown between each wave of the pandemic. The...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The niche co-living portion of the private rental sector has been boosted by the pandemic according to one operator. Built Asset Management...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

London’s rental market is witnessing a strong recovery in spite of the pandemic, according to the latest analysis by lettings agency...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

Central London’s prime rental market is witnessing a wave of enquiries from tenants wanting to strike a deal according to a...

In an exclusive, the Daily Telegraph says emergency courtrooms will be used after their funding runs out over the comning summer...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...

The 60-branch London focussed agency chain Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is the latest agency to invest in Zero Deposit. The firm joins Andrews,...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Letting agents say the number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the third month in a row. The latest ARLA Propertymark...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of September according...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

The latest monthly rental index produced by insurance provider HomeLet shows a four per cent surge in the all-UK average rent...

The number of new prospective tenants is at its highest level ever according to data just released by ARLA Propertymark. The association’s...