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Anyone renting an Airbnb or other short let property in Edinburgh from the summer of 2026 is likely to be hit...

A luxury development of 15-storey and 45-storey towers housing 581 one and two-bedroomed apartments in the heart of Birmingham is to...

A PropTech platform claims a new ‘Yield Control’ feature makes the end-of-tenancy process more efficient. Residently claims to connect and make smoother...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...

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

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

Hamptons, one of the high-end brands owned by Connells, had appointed Graeme Young as regional lettings director.  Young assumes responsibility for 14-branches...

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

An agency with a spectacular history has expanded its operations after acquiring the lettings portfolio of a rival. Andy Campbell, who owns...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has congratulated Labour on forming the next government but says it must move quickly to...

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

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

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

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

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

PropTech - not more staff - can make letting agencies more productive and reduce costs. A new rental confidence survey of lettings...

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

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

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

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

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

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the British economy could accommodate three interest rate cuts this year, with Kate cuts...

A young couple are taking on the franchise of lettings agency Martin & Co in Exeter. Local couple Nik and Rosie Davey...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

An estate agency that promotes the self-employed model claims that three areas of the country lead when it comes to industry...

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

Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

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

Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation.  Propertymark has...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...

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

Towns within commuting distance of big cities have seen some of the UK’s largest rent rises in recent years, says Zoopla. The...

A figure in one of the country’s highest profile lettings companies has hit out at a government proposal to penalise the...

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

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

The Martyn Gerrard agency has acquired a London independent - Range Homes. Range Homes, based in the north London suburb of Palmers...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

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

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

Self employed agency brand Harding Green, which majors on London and prime country markets, says it’s grown significantly in the lettings...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...

A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...

One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...

Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the...

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...

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...

Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...

The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

A leading lettings agency and property consultancy has revealed that it anticipate stronger-than-expected rental growth this year and next in prime...

Airbnb has taken the unusual step of buying space on an influential Labour Party website, just ahead of the party’s conference. Amanda...

New research shows that the majority of letting agents believe they are not paid sufficiently for their work. Research from the Goodlord...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...

Labour’s new shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Angela Rayner, says she will put council Housing at the heart of...

London-born property magnate Paul Kemsley, nicknamed PK, is the agent at the centre of a new TV property show starting this...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...

Rightmove has launched a new tool to help agencies manage Rightmove training and make the most of the ever-growing range of...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

Latest data from London-focussed lettings agency Chestertons confirms that the traditionally busy ‘summer season’ has kicked off. In June some 19 per...

Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...

A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

Ukrainians in the UK will be helped into private rental homes as part of a £150m government injection.  The funding will be...

A Liberal Democrat council leader says all properties - even those in properly established lettings businesses - should be charged council...

A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...

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

OnTheMarket has been named amongst the UK’s best employers in The Times Best Places to Work 2023 initiative. The nationwide workplace survey...

Propertymark has recognised the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) offered by Rightmove. Both Propertymark and its training arm...

Belvoir’s very first franchisee, Andy Campbell, has been awarded the prestigious Belvoir Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of 27 highly successful...

A new survey of lettings agents and landlords has put the reinstatement of Section 24 mortgage tax relief at the top...

Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested.  The most...

Twitter owner Elon Musk and 1,000 other technology leaders including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have called for a pause on the...