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A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

Propertymark says it’s contacting all the appropriate new ministers over the summer to trigger an engagement process so agents’ voices can...

Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

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

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

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by tenant activists and the London Mayor on developing rule changes for evictions. The changes include a presumption against...

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

Legal & General Capital helped fund over 17,000 new homes last year across a range of tenures, chiefly Build To Rent.  Chief...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

It’s been an embarrassing weekend for Housing Secretary Simon Clarke - backing a candidate for the Tory leadership who didn’t turn...

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

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning, includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

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

One of the UK’s first ever Build To Rent companies, Fizzy Living, has been sold to a global real estate company...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...

A rival trade body to the Association of Residential Letting Agents has announced what it calls “a robust membership result.” The UK...

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...

The UK’s average rent is now £984, showing a three per cent increase on last year according to HomeLet. But there’s a...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

A new floorpan tool has been launched which its founder claims to be “quicker and easier to use” than predecessors. Agents can add...

Zoopla is beefing up its customer relationship management programme with the appointment of RAPP UK to evolve the portal’s data infrastructure...

The government says thousands of families could benefit from changes to mortgage rules announced by Metro Bank. Currently the bank prevents landlords...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

Manchester’s rental market is rising higher than in any other UK city according to property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield.  Rents were up...

Savills has announced two acquisitions in the north west, one of an agency and one of an individual branch.  The agency being...

A lettings agent described as ‘rogue’ by a London council, along with two lettings companies, have been heavily fined for operating...

An analysis of over 580,000 properties has produced a league table of Britain’s best and worst buy to let postcodes in...

Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Floor plan software provider Metropix celebrated their win at The ESTAS on Friday by announcing an upcoming landmark. Having scooped the “Best...

High street operator Metro Bank has announced that it is entering the consumer buy-to-let market and will now accept consumer applications...

The Metro Bank is the latest to make changes to its buy to let mortgage portfolio in a bid to attract...

A Prohibition Order has been served on the owner of a flat being let to an elderly couple - one of...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

Metro Bank says its residential mortgage customers are now allowed to rent their properties through Airbnb and similar sites for up...

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...

Some 18 per cent of lettings properties are advertised with floorplans according to an analysis of Rightmove listings by a floorplan...

The Build To Rent movement, whereby financial and other institutions fund the construction of purpose-built rental accommodation and go on to...

There has been a three-fold increase in the number of lettings units coming to the market with floorplans included in their...

Landlords and agents are being warned to remain vigilant as new figures reveal the extent of cannabis cultivation in the UK.  Direct...