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Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

The new Labour government has a “golden opportunity its” to resolve the rental crisis, but must give clarity to the industry...

The latest rental index from PropTech firm Goodlord shows record-breaking rises. William Reeve, chief executive of Goodlord, comments: “These July figures show...

Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...

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

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

Letting agents have the toughest job trying to balance the needs of landlord and tenants while politicians create uncertainty around the...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows rents hit their highest levels since October over the last month.  Rents across...

Citra Living, the Build To Rent offshoot of Lloyds Banking Group, continues with its growth strategy into the private rental sector. Citra...

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

Propertymark has given its view on why private rents have risen so much - 6.1% in England, 7.0% in Wales and...

Rightmove says there are still nearly 50,000 rental properties needed to head back to the pre-pandemic level of rental supply. The latest...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

A prominent supplier of deposit alternatives to lettings agents has come out and said that “renting negatively impacts quality of life,...

The latest rental data from PropTech supplier Goodlord has shown that March rents are now up by over 6% year-on-year.  And looking...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the Lettings markets.   The new logbooks...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

Just weeks after announcing that it was launching a new residential lettings and property management division, regional agency Dacre, Son &...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

Rental growth across prime London slowed again in January, with average rents falling on a monthly basis for the third time...

Major regional independent agency Dacre, Son & Hartley is expanding its offering by re-entering the residential lettings and property management market...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

The average advertised rent for new properties coming to market hits another new record outside of London of £1,280 per calendar...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Winkworth’s first trading statement of 2024 reveals that it saw a five per cent rise in rental revenues in 2023 -...

New figures released this week by Propertymark reveal that even in the run-up to Christmas there was no significant change in...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

Rightmove has released its annual league table of busiest rental locations. Wrexham is this year’s busiest, with each home available to rent...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

A prominent London buying agent and property consultant says the slowly improving supply of rental property means more tenants are now...

A survey suggests that a third of UK tenants who plan to spend Christmas in their rental property will be alone.  A...

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

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...

Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

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

The cheapest end of the rental market is under-supplied and overly competitive, a deposit alternative service claims. The provider - Zero Deposit...

An online lettings platform is attacking agents for their fees, which it describes as a “waste” of landlord funds. Hello Neighbour, a...

A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - can completely by-pass letting agents. It describes itself as a ‘dating service’...

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

Tenants in Bristol are paying 41 per cent more for a rental property than they did just five years ago, it...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...

London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

A leading agency says the squeeze on tenants facing high rent rises is not going to end anytime soon. The comment -...

A property website has produced startling figures giving an insight into the frenzied rental market. Property Pal, which looks at the housing...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Increasing numbers of relatively well-paid tenants are being asked to provide a guarantor. That’s the view of PropTech firm Goodlord which says...

Interim inspections are a necessity if you want to avoid property issues and tenant relationship breakdowns. They’re a no brainer –...

John Lewis is pushing ahead with its commitment to build and manage rental homes as part of a drive which it...

The cost of rent rose in seven of the eight regions monitored by Goodlord during June.  The average cost of rent per...

A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

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

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

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

A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...

OnTheMarket has completed a new integration with Canopy which it claims will provide valuable pre-qualified leads to letting agents. The latest integration...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

One of Scotland’s largest lettings agencies is voicing concern over what it calls “the lack of balance” in the Scottish government’s...

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

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...

After what appeared to be a lull over the New Year, the rental market is firing on all cylinders again according...

There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...

A letting agents’ trade body is urging the industry to sign a parliamentary petition calling for the Section 24 changes for...

There were 108 new applicants registered per Propertymark member lettings agency branch on average in January, compared to just 64 in...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

The supply of lettings property is finally increasing says Knight Frank. The agency says that in London and elsewhere, mortgage rates and...

Demand for rental property has grown by 57 per cent since 2018 when Propertymark records began, the trade body has revealed.  At...

A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...

A campaign group has protested outside letting agencies in Bristol, protesting against what they describe as “bidding wars” between rival tenants. The...

A new survey by HomeLet and Dataloft shows that of 12,000 tenants questioned, over three quarters are worried about the cost...

The drastic shortage of rental properties will lessen during 2023 according to the Leaders Romans Group - and much of that...

A new analysis of the market released this morning by Rightmove shows that this year has seen the most competitive on...

A new survey has been launched to gather views from people in a major English city on the idea of introducing...

Referencing service Homeppl is expanding into Right to Rent checks. A digital R2R check can be integrated into Homeppl tenant referencing checks...

Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...

An online lettings agency claims some properties are receiving up to 50 viewing requests - prompting landlords to pull listings to...

A survey promoted by campaigners for smart meters claims most renters don’t believe their properties to be as energy efficient as...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

Following new business wins, PropTech leaders Technology Blueprint Ltd now handles over a sixth of the entire UK’s agent-managed rental properties. After...

The landlords’ main trade body is directly challenging a Tory MP who has called for a rent freeze. Natalie Elphicke - in...

An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...

Maintenance costs now account for over a fifth of the average rental income of a property, it’s been claimed. A company called...

A major lettings agency in London says the imbalance between the number of tenants and available rental properties continues to cause...

Tenants are demanding better quality HMOs according to new research from specialist buy to let lender Paragon Bank. The bank’s survey of...