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A new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...

Property industry supplier Iamproperty says some 670,000 students will likely be seeking private rental properties in the upcoming academic year -...

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...

A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in a regional agency awards event. The winners of six...

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

PropTech management platform Lavanda is to be used to manage the vast 68,000-bed portfolio of Unite Students, the UK’s largest purpose...

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...

Flats in a multi-millionaire developer’s prestigious shoreline scheme in Folkestone can, after all, be short-let following a U-turn by the property...

A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...

Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...

Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has entered a partnership with Fresh, a Build To Rent and co-living operator. Instead of paying a traditional...

The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...

The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

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

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair claims to have enjoyed a record-breaking start to 2024, forming 61 new partnerships.  These include Concept Estate Agents,...

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

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...

Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...

An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...

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

Work has started on yet another Build To Rent scheme - this time a £13m project in Nottingham. The project, on a...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...

John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...

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

Mandatory smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms will be introduced to private rented sector properties in Northern Ireland.    Under the Smoke, Heat...

Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...

A £300m transformation of part of Glasgow is continuing apace following the completion of a 346-unit Build To Rent scheme. The scheme,...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...

London lettings and sales agency Martyn Gerrard has this month celebrated 60 years of fulfilling the property dreams of those living...

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

A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

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

Build To Rent developer and operator Dandara Living has struck a partnership with deposit alternative service flatfair. Dandara joins other BTR operators...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

The agency Centrick has been appointed to launch and operate a new multi-million-pound Build To Rent development in Leicester.  Centrick will provide...

Propertymark says the lettings market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease. Propertymark member agents reported that on average, 2.5% of...

The trade body representing the Build To Rent industry wants to recruit people from that sector to sit in its board. The...

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

A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

Citra Living, part of Lloyds Banking Group, is to bring more than 150 new family homes to the rental market in...

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

Property investment and management company The Sourced Group says its new lettings division which “presents franchisees with the chance to generate...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

Legal & General’s suburban Build To Rent business, called LGSBTR, has exchanged on 41 new BTR homes in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.   Consisting...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

A new borough-wide landlord licensing scheme is set to launch in the London borough of Brent on April 1, the council...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

Co-living specialist Built Asset Management has snapped up a fourth rival operator in three years.  ProCo-Living joins the BAM business portfolio with...

Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...

Hamptons is linking with retirement rental specialist provider Birchgrove, pledging to offer “a unique proposition for those seeking quality senior rental...

A new Build To Rent scheme launches in Manchester this summer with the first residents moving in during June. The Castings is...

Hamptons has launched a residential investment department - and it’s using the sister Connells brand to give new homes more exposure...

A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...

Winkworth has appointed a new franchisee to take over its Worthing office on the South Coast. After 15 years working in estate...

Caerphilly council in Wales has bought privately owned properties to provide housing for families who would otherwise find themselves in temporary...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Data released from Reposit, a deposit alternative service, reveals what it calls “a concerning surge in rent arrears” during the final...

One of the first Building To Rent schemes in Wales - a 22 storey tower - has seen its first residents...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Propertymark has again urged the UK government to continue with its target of building 300,000 new homes in England a year...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...