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LSL Estate Agency Franchising says it’s got “ambitious growth plans” for expanding franchisee patches across the country. In spring 2023 the company...

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

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

Anyone renting an Airbnb or other short let property in Edinburgh from the summer of 2026 is likely to be hit...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

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

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

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

OnTheMarket has launched a new report giving details of real-time lettings activity in local markets across the country.  OTM says that there;’s...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he’s backing Labour’s house building plans because of the state of the private rental sector.  Sam...

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

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

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

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

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...

Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...

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

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

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

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...

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

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

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

Labour is launching a new Freedom to Buy scheme to get 80,000 young people on the housing ladder, over the next...

A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

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

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

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

The pressure on rents for new tenancies in Scotland’s private rented sector have started to ease with all major cities now...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...

A prominent agent campaigning for business tax reform is urging Labour to come clean on its policies for business rates and...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

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

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

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

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

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

It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...

Labour must build “a new generation of New Towns” if it gets into government, according to a parliamentary candidate linked to...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

The number of new prospective tenants registered per Propertymark member branch decreased from 97 in January to 89 in February -...

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

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

The founder of an agency which started life in a front room is handing the family firm over to her son...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

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

Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

Propertymark says its Lettings Helpline for agent members in England and Wales has become “an essential membership benefit for dealing with...

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

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Average UK private rents increased by 9.0% in the 12 months to February 2024 according to the Office for National Statistics. This...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

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

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

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

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

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

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

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

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...

Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards.  The search for the very best of...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

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

Almost half of more than 400 letting agents quizzed for a new study have expressed their optimism about the impact of...

Prominent MPs from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have renewed their onslaught on Airbnb and other short let platforms.  Former Lib...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

A buying agent claims that rents could finally be tailing off despite some indices showing rises still taking place. According to Rightmove,...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

Aereon - a European software provider that owns high profile PropTech operator Fixflo - has entered a strategic partnership with automated...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...

Strutt & Parker is leaving its HQ to share premises with other parts of its parent company - and to have a...

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

A mandatory short lets registration and licensing scheme is to be introduced in part of the UK, described as a system...