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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

A survey of 2,000 tenants in England and Wales shows that some 23 per cent claim to be struggling to pay...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

A PropTech startup called EVO is claiming to revolutionise repairs and maintenance in the “broken” rented housing sector. EVO says it connects...

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

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

The private rented sector is enjoying record demand. According to Hometrack, rental enquiries per estate agency branch were 46% higher in...

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

Purplebricks is set to cut 10 per cent of its staff within hours according to The Times. The company is reportedly laying...

The fledgling trade body for the UK’s short lets industry has welcomed the government’s proposal for a registration scheme for hosts. The...

Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union...

A proposal to introduce rent controls is likely to be discussed at Labour’s annual conference, being held early next week in...

Sibling businessmen Jonathan and Matthew Daines are to create 15 new jobs at the Warwickshire-based PropTech platform Lettingaproperty over the next...

A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...

The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...

Knight Frank says a frustrating period for tenants looks likely to continue this summer in the prime London lettings market.  While supply...

A new survey on attitudes towards working from home in London makes interesting reading for those faced with letting homes to...

A prominent lettings agency chief says the lifecycle of a typical tenancy has been transformed in recent years, as a result...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...

A major holiday let company in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations says more affordable homes should be built to...

A new property management platform seeking support form letting agents claims to be the ‘Airbnb for shared living’. Vann Vogstad, the entrepreneur...

A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...

A senior Welsh politicians has urged anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their...

A leading figure in the agency training and qualifications sector is predicting that as agents have increasingly adapted to ‘the new...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

The demand for London rental properties has increased by almost 60 per cent in the third quarter compared to the same...

The pandemic has brought with it a whole new way of working, with many businesses now offering a hybrid model, and...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

A dramatic day, which saw a Cabinet reshuffle seemingly come out of the blue, ended with Michael Gove as the new...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

A private agency and management firm that says it’s grown from a one man band into a large team of 35...

A major student accommodation platform says its local area has become a regeneration hotspot for proper investment. UniHomes says Sheffield has already...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

A letting agent in Cornwall has told local TV how she finds herself in ”heartbreaking” situations because of the lack of...

Letting agency My Property Box is moving into property sales as part of a significant expansion of its business. The decision follows...

An assessment by Savills suggests capital values - including those for properties in the lettings sector - are likely to soar...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...

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...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s started work on 6,000 residential units in...

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

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

The new trade group representing short lets operators is asking the government to make sure the short lets sector is specifically...

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

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

Labour’s housing spokeswoman has accused the government of wasting the last four weeks before the eviction ban ended by putting its...