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London landlords have started the new year by dropping their rents according to lettings agency Chestertons, whose data suggests that there...

A return of pent-up demand and mortgage rates falling below five per cent have boosted the start of the year for...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Knight Frank has revised its housing market forecasts for 2024, just two weeks into the new year. It’s done this on the...

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

Lower mortgage rates - still falling in the days since the end of the festive break - may be persuading some...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

Attention estate agents: if you're looking for a bumper Christmas bonus, then maintaining your marketing spend throughout December might just be...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

The latest HomeLet rental index shows that UK average rental prices are continuing to rise after a previous drop in prices...

After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...

The number of lettings instructions in London has dropped since the start of the year.  Knight Frank says that compared to the...

A new analysis by agency and property consultancy JLL has revealed which borough within Prime Central London has the highest concentration...

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in November came to 46,075 according to the Bank of England. The 46,075 figure...

Long-standing lettings expert Kate Faulkner has been given an OBE in King Charles’ first New Year Honours list. Faulkner is well known...

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

One of Connells’ high end branch, Hamptons, is releasing a TV advertisement on Boxing Day.  The advert, in 30 and 60 second...

Rightmove says yesterday’s Bank of England base rate rise to 3.5 per cent - the ninth hike in as many Bank...

A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...

Rightmove has created thousands of personalised videos to help letting agency branches highlight this year’s achievements to prospective landlords. The video can...

A survey among letting agents on Rightmove has found that on average they are managing 36 enquiries per property and spending...

Over 1,000 agents attended an online launch event for a new lettings platform product from PropTech supplier Street Group. Some 150 agents...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

The new chief executive of Rightmove is a former McDonalds digital executive. Johan Svanström will succeed Peter Brooks-Johnson at the helm of...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

The rental market continues to boom despite the growing cost of living crisis, with average rents rising at a 13 year...

It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...

Buy to let mortgage rates will rise “very quickly” this year according to a leading broker. Angus Stewart, chief executive of online...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

A survey by PropTech firm Moveable suggests that over a third of those renting in London are doing so only while...

The team at Letting Agent Today and our publisher, Angels Media, wish all agents a very prosperous New Year.  Thank you for your...

Home offices are already the most-demanded must have from prospective tenants says James Hay, director at Surrey lettings agency, The Home...

Propertymark says arrears in the private rental sector are rising once again as the Omicron variant continues to push across the...

Linley & Simpson, a joint founder of the Lomond Group, has acquired two more independent agencies.  The firms snapped up are family-run...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Paul and Sharon Collins are to mark 25 years as owners of the Belvoir Lincoln lettings agency in the New Year.  Looking...

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

The number of new prospective tenants soared 27 per cent in the New Year according to figures released over the weekend...

Rightmove’s analysis of its own listings for January suggests demand in the rental market is 14 per cent up on a year...

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...

Labour housing spokesperson Thangam Debbonaire has released details of a letter seeking further clarity and commitments on the rental sector eviction...

Two lettings and property management firms have merged with the aim of increasing market share in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex. Property...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

The new chief executive of Propertymark has outlined what he sees as the main challenges for the rental sector for 2021. In...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

We’re delighted that agents, suppliers and the rest of the industry will be starting their Christmas break - and it’s rarely...

Fast-growing letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added over 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition. It’s acquired the lettings and management division...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

An end-of-year market snapshot by the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows the supply of rental accommodation was the highest on record...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

Specialist letting agency and property management company Student Housing has had its busiest quarter, it says. The Lincoln-based agency added 30 new...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is opening a new office just outside the Kent town following a deal to acquire a...

Here it is - the start of a new decade, a moment for resolutions and remembrance, and the last Bank Holiday...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander.  The capital funding package will be...

The Welsh Government says it’s going to issue clarifications to some issues before the end of this year; if agreed by...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

The two largest landlord trade groups are to merge. The National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association will unite to form...

A long-established agency in Wales says it’s shutting the sales side of its business and going to focus solely on lettings...

Oxfordshire sales and lettings agency Parkers - one of the brands of The Property Franchise Group - has snapped up the...

The government says it will shortly respond to over 8,700 responses it received about its suggestions for longer standard tenancies in...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

Essex-based Balgores Property Group, which operates across that county and in Kent, has snapped up Woollens estate agents in Dagenham. Woollens has...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

Gloucester independent lettings agency R M C Hardcastles has been acquired by Martin & Co franchisees Peter and Rani Grieve -...

Some 70 per cent of letting agents expect taxes on the rental sector to rise further next year according to research...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...

Figures from the Association of Residential Letting Agents, now formally known as ARLA Propertymark, suggest there has been a surge in...

No fewer than 60 per cent of buy to let investors say they believe they will be hit by forthcoming changes...

Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...

This is the final Letting Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...

This is our final edition of LAT before the holiday season, so we want to take this opportunity to wish all...

The Leeds Building Society is the latest buy to let mortgage lender to amend its criteria for borrowers ahead of new...

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...

The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...

A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...

Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...

A London council will introduce two new licensing schemes in the New Year. These make it a legal requirement for landlords to obtain...

Purplebricks needs to expand its lettings activities to boost the volume of business it has and increase cash flow, according to...

A price comparison website has publicised the case of a landlord who let out his property on the Airbnb website -...

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...