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A new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...

Propertymasrk has thrown its weight behind Lloyds Banking Group making £2 billion of lending available to first time buyers borrowing more...

A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...

The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

HM Revenue & Customs has named 92 schemes which it says are involved in tax avoidance - and it admits this...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...

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

One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...

A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...

The Bank of England will trim base rate to 5% next week, according to a majority of economists in a poll...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...

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

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

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

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

London agency chain Dexters has reported a huge 23% rise in revenue to £181m - and much of that rise is...

The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...

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

Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...

A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

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...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

An accountancy firm is warning those using Airbnb and similar short let platforms that new tax rules mean they could lose...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

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

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

The Cotswolds is the most lucrative place in the UK to own a holiday let, according to Sykes Holiday Cottages. With annual...

The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

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

HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

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

A deposit alternative service claims the cost of rent has outpaced salary growth by 5.2% over the past 10 years, leaving...

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

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

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

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

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

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

Owners of vacant properties are being offered an improved incentive to bring their house back into use. Plymouth council is re-launching its...

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

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

Tom Davies has started with Leaders Romans Group as the company’s first group financial services managing director. This new position coincides with...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

Rents are approaching an affordability ceiling according to Savills - but the agency admits it doesn’t see substantial new supply on...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

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

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

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

A managing partner at a letting agency has given an insight into the unique forces which he says is “strangling” the...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means...

Savills says prime rental growth across London and the country has stalled for the first time in almost three years. In prime...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

The Property Franchise Group, the UK's largest property franchise brand, wants to merge with long-time rival Belvoir. Both are listed on the...

A new lettings franchise is being launched, which claims its franchisees can earn £100,000-plus annually.  The Sourced Group has launched Sourced Living,...

Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...