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PropTech platform Goodlord has produced a guide for letting agents wanting to post on Til Tok - and it says the...

One of the largest lettings portals in Scotland is warning that plans by the government north of the border to introduce rent...

The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...

Aldermore has cut rates across its buy to let and residential owner occupier mortgages - the latest in a series of...

An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

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...

An agent whose business was rammed by a car believes he was targeted because of claims he was letting homes to...

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives.  The comment by Paul...

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

PropTech provider Spectre has added a social media marketing tool to its platform. This is the result of a partnership with Auto.social...

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...

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

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...

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...

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

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

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

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

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

Your Move – part of LSL, which last year underwent a radical restructuring - is trying to woo existing agents and...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a new series of educational videos for agents. The Guild’s Learning Platform serves as a...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...

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

Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...

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

Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...

A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

The ValPal Network has partnered with agency software provider Street.co .uk. This will facilitate the integration of Street’s CRM with TVPN’s lead...

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...

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

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

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...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

A prominent PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents and other in the property industry to engage with those wishing to introduce regulation...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan says he will build 6,000 “affordable” rental homes by 2030 - with their rents capped. Khan, standing...

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

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...

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...

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

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

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

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

The new Labour leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, has received an early shot across the bows from Propertymark. Gething was elected Welsh...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

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

A Parliamentary committee has heard that thousands of small and medium-sized letting agencies were debanked in 2023, with financial institutions forcibly...

Propertymark has pledged its support for the Good Landlord Charter initiated by Labour Mayor Andy Burnham but has urged for greater...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Agency software suppliers Inventory Base and Street.co.uk has struck an integration partnership that pledges to “drive operational change for property professionals...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

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

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

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

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

New research shows that agency leads generated by Facebook ads are much more effective than previously thought - but most agents...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

The ESTAS Group says its 2024 Best in Postcode Category Winners will be announced on April 26. This new category was announced...

The government has ruled out any reform to the council tax system. There has been long standing criticism of council tax because...

A new networking service for letting agents and all other property insiders, including landlords and investors, is being launched today by...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

A former Economics Editor and Chief Political Correspondent of ITN will be a keynote speaker at the Propertymark One conference in...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...