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A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

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

There may be a substantial number of small-scale private landlords selling up right now, but no fewer than 88 per cent...

A new report on the state of the lettings industry suggests figures are growing fearful of the impact of the Renters...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

The Renters Reform Bill can be the perfect opportunity for the industry to become more professional - just so long as...

Prime London rents picked up again over the first three months of this year, says Savills. Rental prices are up 1.4 per...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...

One of the country’s most respected lettings agencies says tax is dominating the agenda ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement from Chancellor...

Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

Propertymark says there’s already been a decline in the number of homes available for rent in Scotland because of rising costs...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

Propertymark has dismissed suggestions from critics of the lettings industry that higher rents are leading to more homelessness.  The trade body says...

The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the rental market is to boom - a lot. “In lettings we anticipate that prices will...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark says landlords should wise-up by using a letting agent to improve yields, rather than sell-up because of...

One of the leading lettings agencies in Liverpool has issued a warning about the city’s controversial new licensing scheme. The Labour council...

Landlords selling up or converting to short lets have led to a growing housing crisis, according to a trade body of...

Buy to let investors are not cashing out of the private rental sector despite the restrictions and taxes imposed by government. Hamptons’...

Latest figures from ARLA Propertymark suggest the rental market continues to perform strongly. Data for February - the latest available from the...

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...

A leading PropTech expert says the lettings industry hopes next week’s Budget will provide clarity on taxes - but he’s also...

ARLA Propertymark has reiterated its demand for the government to give financial support to the private rental sector. In its submission to...

The latest rental market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark suggests that only 30 per cent of tenants experienced rent increases in December...

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

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

Some 90 per cent of branches from franchise giant Belvoir believe house rents will rise or at least stay static in 2021,...

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

New figures show that typical capital gains for buy to let investors are on the way down. Hamptons International says that landlords...

It’s not just navigating a path through the Coronavirus crisis that is proving the value of letting agents - it’s their...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says the feared sell-off of private rental units is continuing apace on the eve of...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

The typical landlord who sold a rental property in England and Wales made a gross gain of £79,770 before tax last...

Rent controls of the kind which London mayor Sadiq Khan wishes to introduce will worsen what is already a huge exodus...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

The number of landlords exiting the market in the East of England is 100 per cent higher than the national average...

Research by franchise lettings agency company Belvoir suggests that landlords are continuing to exit the property market, although not at the...

Belvoir says more landlords are selling up and fewer newcomers are investing in the private rental sector because of increased legislation...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing the highest number of landlords selling their buy to let properties...

A new study has revealed that the key reason tenants move between rental properties is to experience a different area. This is...

The average landlord who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it, having...

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

Latest lettings findings from franchise agency Belvoir shows that in the third quarter of this year average rents were just £3 a...

A fall in the supply of available rental properties suggests some landlords may be quitting the buy to let sector as...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

ARLA Propertymark says the number of properties managed per member increased marginally last month, from 183 to 185 - but there was...

There is yet more evidence that an increasing number of buy to let investors are setting up companies to offset the...

The Mortgages for Businesses brokerage says in the third quarter of this year the proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let...

Two thirds of landlords plan to buy at least one further property in the next six months, according to Mortgages for...

The number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties increased during April, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential...