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

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

Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

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

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

Over 50% of landlords regard the management of their properties as a full-time job, a survey by a buy to let...

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

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...

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

Software company COHO has presented wards to agencies, suppliers and individuals involved in the HMO business. The firm says the awards honour...

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...

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

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

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

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland says purchases by landlords and other investor buyers in that country have risen sharply despite...

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

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

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

Property taxes in Scotland exceeded £600m over the last year according to analysis of the latest statistics by the country’s largest...

Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...

Connells has launched what it calls a “pioneering” Rent to Buy scheme to shift apartments in a 163-unit scheme. The agency likens...

Belvoir has expanded its presence in Scotland following the opening of a brand-new office in Kirkcaldy.  The branch is the sixth Belvoir...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

A prominent provider of student rental accommodation has appointed an international property consultancy to consider growth options. Study Inn Group has a...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...

Two thirds of pet owning tenants have faced challenges finding a place to rent - at least according to a survey...

The cost of coastal homes in Britain more than doubled - rising 56 per cent - between 2012 and 2022 says...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

A high profile mortgage lender operating in the buy to let sector has launched a series of products aimed at investors...

OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...

The Register of Overseas Entities, which came into force back in August, requires all overseas entities owning property in the UK...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

More than a quarter of renters responding to a survey say they are considering leaving the city within the next 12...

New research shows that there’s little to choose between the costs of renting and owning - a change from previous research...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes.  In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...

The most recent interest rate rise has swung the balance making it cheaper to rent than to buy, according to lettings...

Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...

A specialist rental platform says its research shows a growing number of people intentionally renting long-term. Ocasa says the reason is the...

Many private renters are misguided on what actually contributes to their credit score and thus may not be taking the correct...

Owners of some rental properties, and agents acting on their behalf, can now apply for grants to contribute towards the cost...

Agents tasked with persuading possible investors as to the benefit of buy to let have new ammunition, in the shape of...

It’s suggested that almost a third of pet-owning tenants have been hiding their animals from agents or landlords for more than...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

The trade body representing Airbnb and other short let providers and sector suppliers says the short let industry is best placed...

Only 15 per cent of adults are confident the housing crisis will be resolved in their lifetime. New research among 2,000 individuals...

A think tank says it would take a major policy change to fulfil Boris Johnson’s goal to turn generation rent into...

‘Room wanted’ ads are currently outnumbering ads for ‘rooms available’ on flatshare site SpareRoom for only the third time in six...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...

It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one - the first time this has been the case since...

A former employee at the Staines-upon-Thames office of lettings agency Martin & Co has returned – as the branch’s new owner. Doreen...

A leading veterinary body - the National Office of Animal Health, or NOAH - wants pets to be allowed in private rental...

Kevin Hollinrake, who until recently was the chairman of Hunters, has been named in an article about Tory MPs who have...

Independent agency EuroLet, operating in Bishop’s Stortford for the past 20 years, has been acquired by Leaders Romans Group. LRG has welcomed...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

Build To Rent completions are estimated to double by 2025, a property company forecasts. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

The controversial subject of pet-friendly tenancies has been grabbed by the scruff of the neck by the government. The Ministry of Housing,...

Research by Countrywide agency Hamptons shows that during 2020 some 41,700 new buy to let limited companies were formed. That’s a record...

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

Pressure appears to be building for more pet-friendly lettings properties with two Build To Rent operators promoting animal-friendly tenancies. BTR operator Fizzy Living...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

Research by insurance firm Aviva suggests private tenants are now more pessimistic about being able to buy their own home. In December,...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

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 new survey suggests there may be an exodus of investors out of buy to let - some 27 per cent...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report.  While...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

A lettings agent jailed in March for taking £220,000 from tenants and landlords is now in trouble over her legal representation. Heather...

New research from an international law firm shows that the rental sector in major cities is now changing its demographic make-up...

As the row over Labour’s proposal rumbles on the think tank Centre for Policy Studies - which has previously argued that...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

Throughout April and May, we ran a high-profile campaign across our sites, Landlord Today, Estate Agent Today, Letting Agent Today and...

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

A new survey suggests that long-term renting could be substantially less expensive than a mortgage. The study, for Ocean Finance, has analysed...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

The number of people renting a home aged between 35 and 54 has risen by 15 per cent in the last...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

New figures show why the rental market is seeing such strong demand. The data shows that some 28 per cent of Britons...

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...

A new study has revealed that the average Briton rents four years longer than they initially planned to, because of stubbornly-high...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

A third of tenants are happy to rent long-term and have no plans to purchase a property in the future, new...