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Propertymark says stricter rules for EPC ratings in the private rental sector must be backed up with incentives and financial support. The...

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

John D Wood & Co., one of the UK’s oldest lettings and estate agents dating back over 150 years, has expanded...

Savills has moved to a new office in Petworth town centre, from which its lettings and other services will operate.  Savills, and...

Curchods is making a bid to expand its activities in the high end Surrey market with a rebrand of its latest...

Prime London rental values ticked up 0.3% over the first three months of 2024, according to Savills, as the market continues...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

Private sector tenants in rural areas are facing the brunt of growing rents, according to new research. Whilst some measures suggest tenants...

A new report claims that Airbnb has generated tens of thousands of jobs in the UK and enables people to work...

Savills has moved into a new office in Bath, occupying over 2,500 square feet in a prominent on a prominent shopping...

Midlands-based land and property company Sheldon Bosley Knight has made another lettings acquisition - its fifth in 2023. Leicestershire-based Andrew Granger &...

Scottish agency and chartered surveyor firm DM Hall is to incorporate the identity of its rural property specialist arm, Baird Lumsden,...

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

A Midlands-based agency is celebrating its 180th year with the opening of a new flagship office. Sheldon Bosley Knight has launched the...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

Global luxury real estate brand Christie’s International Real Estate has signed Carter Jonas as its exclusive affiliate in the United Kingdom.  Carter...

Propertymark wants the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to widen access to cash help to those that need it...

One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...

An end-of-year assessment by Zoopla suggests the price of flats across the UK have underperformed the rest of the market and...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The UK Short Term Accommodation Association has named a new chief executive.  Andy Fenner will support STAA chairperson Merilee Karr and director...

Increasing demand for homes in cities was the driving force behind the rapid house price inflation witnessed earlier this year, with...

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

The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...

The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...

Capital appreciation over the next five years amongst properties in prime areas of cities and countryside will be strongest in the...

House price growth in prime country and coastal locations is beginning to plateau after two years of runaway growth, with urban...

A tourism chief has likened new anti-holiday let regulations to those of a Stalinist dictatorship. Ashford Price, secretary of the Welsh Association...

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...

Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...

Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

The Liberal Democrats have proposed sharp restrictions on holiday rentals at the heart of the party’s plans to solve the housing...

A former Conservative councillor has used a leading party website to call on the government to restrict the purchase of buy...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

New data from Rightmove reveals that the imbalance of supply and demand for rental properties in suburban and rural areas has...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

Data from Leaders Romans Group shows that lettings attracted 5,941 requests for viewings in June – an average of 42 per...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

Across Great Britain the pace of rental growth continued to climb in June, with rents rising 8.5 per cent year-on-year. The data...

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic rents across all prime London regions saw a return to positive...

Demand is still moving away from cities and towards suburbs and rural areas, according to Rightmove. “Areas around the North and South...

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

Chestertons in London says it wants to become the country’s greenest estate agency and has taken a first step by being...

An online petition is voicing opposition to government calls for ever-improving EPCs in the private rental sector.  Nottingham landlord Tricia Urquhart has started the...

A senior lettings agency figure says virtual viewings have transformed the rental sector. “The increased level of requests for virtual viewings has...

The gap between typical City rents and Country rents is closing according to an analysis of Countrywide properties by the company’s...

An MP claims the proliferation of short lets via Airbnb and similar online platforms is indirectly pricing local people out of...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A survey of 2,750 tenants by a prominent PropTech firm suggests a quarter are concerned about not being able to pay...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

A high end lettings agency says the most expensive rural rental market in the north west of England is dominated by...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

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

A new Build To Rent developer brand, Core Living, has been launched by development and investment company Godwin Group. Godwin is targeting...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

Home ownership rates for families aged 25 to 34 are rising for the first time in 30 years but high barriers...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

Rural landlords say the government’s idea of making three year tenancies the norm across the private rental sector would damage the...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

Rental prices in most areas of England and Wales have grown over the past 12 months with the East of England...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities.   That’s...

A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...

Two organisations are appealing to Scottish Ministers to ensure that businesses have the ability to supply accommodation for workers in rural...

A land-owners’ group is upset at the Scottish Government’s alleged “disregard” for estate- and land-owners to be able to gain vacant...

The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...

The Chancellor’s proposed change to wear and tear tax allowance in the rental sector will hit rural lettings particularly hard, according...

G15, the largest group of London housing associations, says its members unanimously back a controversial Right to Buy compromise proposal. Under the...

The government is watering down its controversial new Right To Buy policy, by giving housing associations one week to sign up...

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...