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

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...

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

London high end agency Eccord has bolstered its property management team with two experienced new hires. Steve Wilson joins as Senior Property...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

Agency software supplier Alto links with repairs and maintenance software provider Fixflo for an unusual webinar tomorrow at 10am. Guest speaker will...

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

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...

An insurance firm’s assessment of how to market a holiday let successfully claims that strongly favourable reviews are far and away...

Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

The existing Fixflo integration with Alto has been beefed up to allow the system to create an updated works order with...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Property management and facilities firm Pinnacle is to become the leading managing agent for Legal & General Affordable Homes. In recent weeks, the...

A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

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

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Repairs and maintenance specialist Fixflo is running a webinar examining how one client, Umega, used PropTech to more than double its...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

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

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

Berriman Eaton has reported a 30 per cent rise in its dedicated lettings business since 2020, with more than 420 properties...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Louis Musgrove – Group Managing Director   What is Southernbrook Lettings and...

Five councils are delivering what they call “a ground-breaking project” aimed at improving the experience and environment for landlords and tenants...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

Leaders Romans Group has made three internal promotions at a senior level to beef up its property management team. Karen Shepherd, George...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software product, has announced a marketplace product allowing agents to self-serve and activate Proptech partner integrations within the...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

Elliot Leigh - an agency that is the largest guaranteed rent provider in London and Essex - has completed phase one...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...

PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

Cloud-based software system Alto and repairs and maintenance management system Fixflo are to unveil an integration in the next fortnight.  This will...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has partnered with maintenance specialist Help Me Fix to support its property client base.  Help Me Fix, widely...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

A webinar says the Renters Reform Bill is the biggest challenge facing lettings agents - and it’s prompted calls to a...

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its unique Rent to Home scheme. Last month it announced that it had invested...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

The Cambridge Building Society has invested in two family-sized houses to expand its unique ‘Rent to Home’ rent-return housing scheme. The two...

A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

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

The majority of private landlords would consider switching to a letting agency because of the current complexity of buy to let.  A...

There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...

A webinar tomorrow plans to show agents how planned preventative maintenance delivers “staggering growth.” Fixflo is hosting the event which will feature...

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

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

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

The way to solve the rental sector supply shortage is through Build To Rent, a leading agency claims.  Leaders Romans Group says...

East Yorkshire letting agency Ultralets has opened a new office in Beverley after what it calls “an impressive period of growth.” Ultralets...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...

A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...

Propertymark, the letting agents’ trade body, has issued this guidance for agents to pass to landlords. It coincides with Gas Safety Week,...

Maintenance costs now account for over a fifth of the average rental income of a property, it’s been claimed. A company called...

A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...

An Austrian-based property management PropTech service, which already has links to Knight Frank, is now launching in the UK. iDWELL, which describes...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

A new and huge private rental licensing scheme has launched in County Durham. A total of at least 29,000 properties, or 42...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...

The chief executive of an online mortgage broker is warning that yesterday’s base rate rise announced by the Bank of England...

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

The lettings and management platform teclet, owned by OnTheMarket, is now available to agents and property managers in Scotland. The product offer...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

The leader of one of Britain’s highest profile lettings agency operations has let rip at the government for what he calls...

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

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

For landlords, finding a tenant for a property can be challenging. Today, people expect modern, high quality, clean appliances as standard...

PropTech platform Plentific has snapped up husband-and-wife lettings software company TouchRight Software.  Over 500 clients across the UK use TouchRight, to create...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

The short lets sector - already receiving political and community criticism for eroding the wider private rental sector - needs better...

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Fixflo has announced a new integration partnership with resident engagement and building management software provider Spike Global. Fixflo manages about 1.2m units...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...