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Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

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

Southampton council has approved a big new Build To Rent scheme on the site of a disused gasworks. Hawkstone Properties Ltd and...

Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...

Rightmove is rolling out displaying the new Material info Parts B & C fields on listings, following a number of months...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

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

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

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

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has announced another new scheme. It is a 95-flat development at...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

A property investment group has released its latest research on the top five most searched for property features that UK renters...

Tenants want letting agents, landlords and other property industry figures to more openly demonstrate their green credentials. That’s the message from a...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

High end lettings agency Aston Chase has let a house modelled on Windsor Castle for the princely sum of £247,000 per...

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

Derby-based serviced apartment provider The Stay Company has snapped up another site for its portfolio. The development in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is called...

A local authority in West Sussex is proposing to build its own Airbnb four bedroom house on the site of old...

OnTheMarket claims it’s scoring a first amongst property portals in the creation of an ‘Accessible features’ search filter for users to...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management wing of insurance giant Aviva, has announced a deal with a Build To Rent specialist...

Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

New research by Savills suggests that on-street car parking could increase both the capital values and rental potential of properties. The agency...

A consultation over the summer looks set to be the first part of a radical change to the structure of communal...

Another new Build To Rent scheme has been announced by Grainger. Launching next month, the 158-unit Gilders Yard scheme sits on the...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says new requirements for additional upfront property information should end up actually saving agents time. By...

John D Wood & Co. Is the latest agency to go green with a move to making its fleet of company...

Build to rent providers are taking the lead against private rental sector homes by advertising developments as pet-friendly.  Research by furnishings provider...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

Specialist property lender Castle Trust Bank has agreed a £13.2m development loan for a Build To Rent scheme within a mixed...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

Planners have given the go-ahead for a 23-storey Build To Rent development in Sheffield. The scheme, from Godwin Developments, will have 336...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

The vast majority of tenants would pay more if rental properties better suited their needs, a prominent lettings agency claims. Manchester-based Ascend...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

The latest rental market snapshot from PropTech supplier Goodlord shows the November lockdown creating a subdued picture - but with early...

A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...

When it comes to good works, one frequently-featured agency is Chestertons in London - and again it’s come up trumps during...

A property management firm says the private rental sector is effectively disadvantaged in the fight against climate change because it does...

For a cool £1,153 a week you would expect a flat, even in pricey central London, to come with some perks. A...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

McCarthy & Stone, long associated with retirement properties only available to buy, has introduced a renting option at a number of...

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

Could this be the latest way for letting agents to spread their risk and diversify their offer to clients - by...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

LAT recently carried a story of a lettings agency diversifying by renting out parking spaces for landlord owners - and now...

A lettings agency in Oxford has diversified into marketing car parking spaces as well as apartments and houses. Scottfraser Summertown has told...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...

A survey suggests that the ability to have a pet in a rental property is more important than ease of parking...

A new Build To Rent scheme being launched shortly in Greenwich offers tenants an on-site concierge-style ‘host’, a lounger, co-working space...

A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...

A survey suggests no fewer than 88 per cent of tenants regard cost as the most important deciding factor when choosing...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

Government watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld four complaints made against a Liverpool letting agency. The complaints were made against...

Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...

There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...

The latest survey from a specialist landlord insurance firm confirms what many in the industry will have known for a long...

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The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...

Housing association Radian is to build a £27m scheme of 113 Build To Rent homes in Bournemouth - its fourth BTR...

A letting agent’s day in court turned into a nightmare when he ended up paying four times the original parking ticket...

A chef who is reported to have battered a letting agent over the head with a cricket bat in a row...

A managing agent who tried to force out his tenants by filling the stopcock chamber with cement so that they would...

Countrywide - which has already acquired a string of letting agencies in recent months - continues to demonstrate its emphasis on...

Construction has started on Grainger’s latest Build To Rent development in Kensington in central London. The development will include 53 one, two...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

Recent weeks have seen changes made to the rules that govern responsibility for property repairs in the private rented sector. Section 11...