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Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  HMLR launched a consultation last month as...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...

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

A lettings agency claims foreign homeowners are sitting on £84.2 billion worth of property across England and Wales - but with...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there’s been a dramatic 54 per cent slump in sales this year.  Research from Barrows...

A leading business consultancy says the Bank of England will once again increase interest rates by twice the minimum permitted. CMC Markets...

Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

Flats, so long the favourite of buy to let investors, still constitute 15 per cent of all homes purchased according to...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

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

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

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

Property development and investment firm SevenCapital has released a top 10 league table of UK cities which it claims will perform...

A surge in the lettings market has helped Chestertons post its best half-year profit level for the past five years. The London-focussed...

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...

In recent weeks our campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold has continued to gather momentum both in the press and across...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has produced figures showing, indirectly at least, exactly why buy to let and property investment...

A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

In our previous blog, we looked at the definitions outlined by the CPRs. In our next blog we’ll look at the...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Rental compliance platform GetRentr has raised over £500,000 from investors including a private equity firm and private individuals. GetRentr uses artificial intelligence...

The top ten buy-to-let postcodes in England and Wales are evenly split between locations that voted for the Conservatives or Labour. Luton...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has agreed a partnership with property marketplace TheHouseShop. The website is now one of the NLA's recognised...

A plentiful supply of freehold properties in our cities may become a thing of the past as urban areas become increasingly...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have asked new housing minister Gavin Barwell to...

The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...

Peer-to-peer lender Lendinvest, using data from Zoopla and the Land Registry, says Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Coventry and Oldham produce the highest...

A property investment search portal has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament website, calling for a national register of...

So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the loose. After a very long gestation period, the Veyo leveret has...