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A court has heard that a trusted lettings manager was discovered to have been diverting company funds to her personal bank...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...

An insurance firm’s analysis of official figures show there are now no fewer than 760,821 vacant properties in England, Scotland and...

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

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

A council has placed a Banning Order on a lettings agency operating unlicensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Trophy Homes Ltd was hit...

Two agencies are merging their lettings operations and launching a Joint Venture company to enable continued growth in their respective areas...

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

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

Lettings, property management and sales agency Johns&Co - which celebrates its 10th year in business in 2024 - is opening a...

Lomond has snapped up another rental portfolio. It’s been acquired from the Rendall & Rittner Sales & Letting agency which had a...

The latest Build To Rent report prepared by lettings agency Savills claims 2023 saw a total of £4.5 billion of investment...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...

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

New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

Rightmove is to provide agents with local market data and easier access to training at a series of Propertymark regional events. Rightmove...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the government to allow him to levy effectively uncapped council tax bills on...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

Build To Rent operator Apo is partnering with PropTech platform Lavanda to offer increased exposure to Airbnb-style short-lets. The partnership will see Apo...

Airbnb is offering a £50 travel voucher to any Liverpool household hosting their first Airbnb guest in a private room in...

A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...

Large areas of the country  will remain without vital legal advice to prevent evictions if the government fails to persuade law...

A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

An investment firm which has helped guide £100m into the UK buy to let market is to set up its second...

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

The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

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

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

A prominent agency says it believes a city in northern England is the UK’s top spot for Chinese property investment -...

A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...

Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...

Research by the UK’s largest student accommodation search platform shows a 3.7 per cent uplift in London’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation bed...

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

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand has announced a new partnership with student accommodation provider Kexgill. The firms claim the arrangement will challenge...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

Mistoria is opening its sixth office in the north west of England. The new branch in Cheadle follows Mistoria’s existing outlets in...

The Build to Rent market remains small in volume but it is making some inroads, leading to BTR rent rises predominantly...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

A quarterly index suggests that there’s been a sharp uplift in tenant demand for rental properties across the UK’s major cities...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

A new student accommodation property platform has been launched which aims to deliberately by-pass letting agents.  Housemates is for students, landlords and...

The controversial Labour-led council in Liverpool has started a lengthy consultation process over its latest proposals for landlord licensing. The authority was...

The council in Liverpool is likely to propose a scaled-back private rental licensing scheme after its original suggestion was rejected by...

Deposits have risen as much as 24 per cent in the past year in some parts of the UK - according...

One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...

More than a third of furloughed private renters are worried about being able to pay their rent when the coronavirus lockdown...

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

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities.  Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...

New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...

Research by the National Residential Landlords Association and the Which? consumer body has revealed that some 53 councils in England alone...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

Manchester lettings agency Ascend says it’s had a record year in 2019, bolstered by its new Build To Rent involvement. The company...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

Reports from China suggest that property investors from that country - a staple in the buy to let market in many...

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

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

The Leaders Romans Group has announced an acquisition to mark further expansion into the corporate lettings and block management market. The agency...