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

Propertymark has renewed its call for agent comments on Material Information.  The trade body - in collaboration with TDS, The Guild of...

Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...

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

An AI-powered Customer Relationship Management system tailored specifically for letting and estate agents has been launched by an individual agency.  Preston Baker...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

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

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

An independent agency managing 115 lettings units has been snapped up its local Belvoir franchise. Tim Hughes, owner of Belvoir Newbury, has...

Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country.  It says rental...

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 government may be changing its mind on scrapping Section 21 eviction powers according to a bombshell story in The Times. Outlining what...

There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...

A prominent lettings industry supplier has asked whether the earlier-than-expected arrival of the rental reform white paper was a distraction from...

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

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

ARLA Propertymark says its disappointed over the latest extension to an eviction ban and the requirement for six months notice to tenants. The latest...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they...

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Lettings agents for or against the government’s proposals for longer tenancies have only a very short time left to respond to...

An online lettings agency is the latest to voice opposition to the government’s proposed three year standard tenancies for the private...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

Well over twice as many Scottish tenants have seen their rents rise at the start of the year compared to those...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...

The National Landlords’ Association is warning that knee-jerk reactions to the Brexit vote could damage the buy to let sector.  Chief executive...

Agents have been giving their reaction to the shock Brexit referendum result - and their comments have ranged from the gloomy...

The real estate analysis team of BNP Paribas says what it calls “Zoopla’s impressive lead generation” on lettings may be more...

There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...

The online petition opposing the proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords has now reached 35,000 signatures - but is...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

Prominent residential property and tenant law expert Tessa Shepperson says a class action against Foxtons alleging unfair charges to landlords will...

"Stop right there. Hands above your head. Don't move. Mavis, dial 999." Mr D Smith (MARLA, NFoPP) removes his Glock 19...

The number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties increased during April, according to the latest report from the Association of Residential...

An umbrella organisation representing parts of the private rented sector is to be put before the Scottish parliament in a bid...