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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

Propertymasrk has thrown its weight behind Lloyds Banking Group making £2 billion of lending available to first time buyers borrowing more...

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

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

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...

The abolition of Section 21 isn’t really that big a deal, a prominent lettings agent claims. Kristjan Byfield, who runs the base...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

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

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

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning that any proposed ban on so-called bidding wars will end up with...

A report from Propertymark has laid out the stark and in some cases unforeseen consequence of the Conservative government’s phased removal...

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...

An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

Deputy prime Angela Rayner will tomorrow unveil a new National Planning Policy Framework in a move that will strengthen requirements for...

The Building Engineering Services Association has welcomed the new government’s commitment to reinforce the rules that require landlords and their agents...

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

The boss of a rental flatshare agency claims tenants are sacrificing summer holidays because of high rents. Matt Hutchinson, director of the...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

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

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. New internal data from the company claims demand rose by 15%...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

The resignation of Labour’s First Minister of Wales has raised alarm with Propertymark. Vaughan Gething quit yesterday after the Welsh Housing Secretary...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

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

The trade union UNISON has partnered with activist group Generation Rent to demand root-and-branch reform of the private rental sector. Four key...

Leaks over the weekend from what would appear to be government sources suggest some 35 new Bills will be in the...

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 –...

High end lettings agency Hamptons has launched a new international department to woo overseas investors and tenants seeking rental properties in...

Just after welcoming the appointment of the new Labour government housing minister, Propertymark has gone on to call for a cross-party...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

The incoming Labour government has a social mandate to support the next generation of homeowners in the UK, says financial PropTech...

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

A nationwide survey conducted by Leaders Romans Group shows significant concerns over proposed rent controls, property taxes, and regulatory changes. LRG this...

Knight Frank says tenancies agreed in June for properties asking over £1,000 per week were at a level below the asking...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

The Leaders Romans Group lettings agency chain is demanding that the new government elected tomorrow brings back the Renters Reform Bill...

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

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

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...

People who expect to rent throughout their retirement could need an additional £391,000 in savings compared to those who have paid...

A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

An interview with a figure from one of the many deposit alternative services reveals a significant rise in interest in this...

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

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

A ban on so-called bidding wars, which Labour now proposes, would have to include letting agents as well as landlords a...

The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...

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

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

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

An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

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...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

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

In an early General Election skirmish, London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to enact key private rental...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital says it’s enjoyed a record breaking period of growth. Over 2023 and so far in 2024...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Knight Frank says the normalisation of supply and demand in Prime London has happened more quickly than anticipated, forcing it to...

Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12%...

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

Around half of letting agents and landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint...

A General Election has been called for July 4. So what happens to the Renters Reform Bill, which has been the subject...

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

Tenants renewing an existing contracts have been faced with high rent rises according to Hamptons lettings agency. It says they rose 8.3%...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

Some 50% of tenants who moved last year did so because their landlords decided to sell the property.  By contrast, eviction was...

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

Rental PropTech platform Krispyhouse has secured £1.3m in second-round fundraising. The residential rentals app and online platform is reported to have secured...

A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

A prominent lettings agency says concern is growing in the private rental sector about the prospect of more pets in properties.  A...

The average gross rental yield reported by landlords has reached the highest level since the second quarter of 2018, according to...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

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

Housing minister Lee Rowley will be taking centre stage at the largest property agency conference in the UK this summer, Propertymark...

A controversial rental sector figure claims over half of the properties listed to let are actually available for a tenant to...

Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...