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

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

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...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

Leaders Romans Group has launched a new benefit which supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The benefit allows staff time off (unpaid for...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Financial support from family members - not just parents - is expected to help fund 318,400 housing transactions in 2023, according...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

Finances have never been more stretched in the UK, with almost every bill and expense soaring for employees and employers alike,...

New research shows that over half of parents charge their adults children for living at home - although the sums involved...

Rising rents mean the share of young people leaving the family home and moving into rented accommodation has plunged, says Hamptons...

One of the lettings industry’s highest profile agents has been shortlisted by the Huntingdon’s Disease Association as Fundraiser of the Year. Kristjan...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

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

With the debate ranging over pets in lets, a new analysis by comparative website Compare The Market suggests pet damage is...

A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

The cost-of-living crisis is leading to further dependence on the Bank of Mum and Dad, following an extended period of support...

London rents are rising at a record pace with growth being driven by tenants returning from outside the capital.   That’s the suggestion...

Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned.  Sarah...

A large majority of private renters are happy with their properties, status and their landlords according to a new survey. A report...

Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

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

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

An automated payments service has teamed up with a student accommodation provider to devise an eCommerce system allowing simpler rent payments. Vyne uses...

Flatshare website SpareRoom says over a fifth of 18 to 24 years olds have moved back in with their parents to...

It’s not just the owner occupier whose property demands have changed radically because of the pandemic - a new survey suggests...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

The Local Government Association, which represents almost all councils in England, is calling on the government to scrap section 21. The call comes...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

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

A new building society mortgage product is aimed at allowing students to become first time buyers and to simultaneously become first...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

A 23 year old lettings agent has tragically died from a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin...

Andrews lettings agency in Oxford has emerged as the hero in an episode which saw a family evicted from their home...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

A report claims that England has just 825 homes for every 1,000 families as a result of two decades of house...

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

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...

New research claims that as many as 78 per cent of young adults aged 18 to 30 fear they will never...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

The Loughborough Building Society is launching a Buy For Uni mortgage product seeking to encourage students to buy a home -...

The couple believed to be the owners of Britain’s largest buy to let portfolio have defended sending letting agents an 11-point...

The number of so-called ‘parent landlords’ is set to rise as increasing numbers of baby boomers use buy to let as...

The combination of falling home ownership and rising costs in the private rented sector mean that today’s younger generation will have...

We’re used to young owner-occupiers relying on the Bank of Mum and Dad for financial help - now it appears youthful...

The Supreme Court has ruled that rights to a private and family life need not get in the way of legitimate...

It started off as an idea from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to become Labour leader but today it’s being backed by a...

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...

Two of Britain's most controversial landlords, Fergus and Judith Wilson, claim demand from prospective tenants is at a record high with...

The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...

Ian Wilson, the head of Martin & Co, recently threw his hat into the ring regarding Labour’s stated intention to cap...