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

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

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

Rent Reporting platform CreditLadder has integrated into SME Professional, a software service sold to the letting and sales industries. It says...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

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 –...

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

Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

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

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

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

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

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...

The 85 branches of Spicerhaart have signed a three-year partnership with The Lettings Hub to use its tenancy management platform. Spicerhaart also...

As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

Deposit alternative provider, flatfair, has reported record figures for the first quarter of 2024. From January to March, 56% of tenants chose...

A third of homes currently for sale can be bought with a mortgage and monthly repayments that cost less than the...

Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...

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

An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...

The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

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

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

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

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

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

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

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

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 –...

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

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

A lettings industry supplier claims one in nine renters use foodbanks. A survey of tenants, commissioned by Zero Deposit, found that just...

Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...

New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

Ukrainians who came to the UK following the Russian invasion will be able to apply for 18-month extensions to their visas,...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

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

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

A series of lenders have slashed their buy to let mortgage rates in a bid to win business. These include: - LendInvest Mortgages...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

One of Britain’s leading agents - former RICS residential chairman Jeremy Leaf - says he is seeing a change of mood...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

A new survey of 4,000 landlords has identified the three qualities they look for in a letting agent. Whereas trust and liveability...

An analysis of tenants renting between 2020 and 2023 shows a big rise in those on high salaries asked to provide...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

Two of the highest profile PropTech suppliers to the lettings and wider property sectors have announced a merger. Reapit and PayProp say...

An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...

The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...

Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...

A private lettings agency run by a council is holding open days to woo potential landlord clients. Test Valley Lettings is later...

David Wilson Homes has launched a scheme where prospective buyers who can muster a 2.5 per cent deposit can reserve a...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

There’s been a significant increase in the buy to let mortgage product range according to analysis by independent service Moneyfacts.  A year...

The National Audit Office says the government will soon have to take hard decisions on the future for the Homes For...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

Young couples are delaying marriage and starting families until they get out of the rental sector, research by Yorkshire Building Society...

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

Some prospective buy to let landlords may be about to use their equity to snap up investment properties at discounted rates,...

More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...

HSBC is increasing its maximum mortgage term to 40 years for buy to let, purchase, remortgaging and additional borrowing. Second homes will...

Zoopla’s research team says the rise in mortgage interest rates means it’s now cheaper to rent than to buy for the...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

A personal finance expert has revealed that a new group which he calls Guppies are reconciled to possibly renting forever. Alan Davison,...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

The looming threat of the abolition of Section 21 is already impacting the rental market, a legal firm is warning.  Dutton Gregory’s...

Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...

After a decade of steady growth, the number of older renters is poised to increase rapidly over the next 10 years...

My Property Box Tyne & Wear has extended its all-inclusive rent deal - and it says it’s in response to concerns...

Zoopla’s Alto cloud-based software has announced a new integration with lettings PropTech supplier Canopy. This will enable tenant referencing to be permitted...

The issue of ‘rent for sex’ - tenants offered free or discounted rent in return for sexual favours - is now...

PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...

The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...

General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has launched a rolling subscription model for tenants’ contents insurance. Now tenants pay for their contents cover...

A seasoned property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

A PropTech supplier to letting agents claims that tenants are more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance.  A survey of 1,013...