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Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked  REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...

From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...

Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

A new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...

Propertymark is lobbying Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner to suggest that letting agents have a vital role to...

A regional independent lettings agency has launched a new profit share scheme for its staff - but it’s keeping quiet on...

Propertymasrk has thrown its weight behind Lloyds Banking Group making £2 billion of lending available to first time buyers borrowing more...

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

Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...

Rightmove, still very much the Number One portal despite growing competition, is launching a new national marketing campaign this coming weekend. The...

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...

Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...

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

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

Some of the richest people on the world, who use London as one of their bases, are choosing to rent rather...

eXp UK has passed the 600 agent milestone and now declares itself to be the leading platform for self employed agency. It...

A survey of over 730 property professionals has found that 76% believe the introduction of technology has changed the UK property...

Labour’s target of delivering an average 370,000 new homes a year could bring about a remarkable £161 billion boost in value...

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

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

HM Revenue & Customs has named 92 schemes which it says are involved in tax avoidance - and it admits this...

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

Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences.   As...

Letting agents and landlords are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners and...

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

The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...

Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...

A luxury development of 15-storey and 45-storey towers housing 581 one and two-bedroomed apartments in the heart of Birmingham is to...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...

A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...

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...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

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

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in a regional agency awards event. The winners of six...

It’s being reported that Lomond Group, the chain of lettings agencies owned by a division of Lloyds Banking Group, is likely...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired Alan Francis Estate Agents and Lettings Ltd, a Milton Keynes company which has operated in the...

PropTech entrepreneur and lettings agent Kristjan Byfield is announcing an upgrade to his platform The Depositary, which will see its first...

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

New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

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

One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

A housing group is launching a campaign to recruit more young people to the property industry in general and the building...

The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

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

The rise in consumer inflation from 2.0% to 2.2% is “an unfortunate but accepted part” of achieving a stable housing market. So...

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

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

Lettings agency chain Lomond has revealed a list of what it calls “up and coming rental hotspots” with yields having strengthened...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee. Oluwe is a...

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

Daniel Daggers, the self-styled #MrSuperPrime estate agent star of Netflix show Buying London, is to address a Propertymark event. Daggers, founder of...

Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...

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

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

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...

Two new signings for the fast-growing Harding Green broker-model agency are both former lettings managers at Knight Frank. Milly Englander was formerly...

A brief statement to the London Stock Market this evening has confirmed that Rightmove will, after all, carry OpenRent listings in...

Landlords generated average rental yields of 6.3% in the second quarter of the year, research for Paragon’s latest PRS Trends Report...

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...

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

The number of buy to let property purchases in the UK fell 14% from 224,700 in 2022/23 to 193,700 in the...

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 relaunched online lettings agency operation is offering lettings listings deals to landlords from £39.50. The little known Essex-based Griffin Property Co...

Flats in a multi-millionaire developer’s prestigious shoreline scheme in Folkestone can, after all, be short-let following a U-turn by the property...

Rightmove has admitted to shareholders that it’s to lose 8% of its lettings listing from next month - the equivalent of...

The regulatory body for the private rental sector in Wales is offering letting agents a course in how to be “anti-racist...

Propertymark says stricter rules for EPC ratings in the private rental sector must be backed up with incentives and financial support. The...

Leicester based student accommodation provider, Sulets - formally Student Union Lettings Ltd - has won a Platinum award from Investors in People.  Only...

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

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...

Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...

An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...

New figures show the average inheritance tax (IHT) bill in 2021/22  rose to a new high of £215,000.  The number of estates...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

A new analysis by Zoopla suggests and one in eight homes currently for sale were previously let out. The portal says this...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...

The chance of the Bank of England deciding to cut base rate today and thus trigger further interest rate cuts, is...

The Propertymark Trust is to help agents donate orphaned funds to support charitable causes, thanks to support from CRM suppliers across...

Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has launched a comprehensive review of the National Planning Policy Framework. The objective is...

Propertymark is urging the UK government to implement reforms that will make it more cost effective and simpler for people to...

Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...

Clarity is required from the government over how planning changes are to help meet targets for 1.5m new homes in the...