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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...

London-focussed property data firm LonRes, which analysis activity in the prime areas of the capital, says annual rental growth increased to...

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

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

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

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...

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

The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says.  An analysis...

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

Four fifths of developers believe that the next government needs to do more to support first time buyers, according to the...

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

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

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

London lettings agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with the opening of a new branch in the centre of Camberwell. Anthony...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...

Another index has suggested a small monthly increase in house prices in England and Wales - even though the annual rate...

The British Property Federation claims the time required for Build To Rent planning applications has significantly increased over the past decade...

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

I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...

The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...

Leaders Romans Group claims the pessimistic mood which many say surrounds the private rental sector is exaggerated. It has surveyed its landlord...

A lettings agency - Leaders Romans Group - claims that landlords are not quitting the private rental sector in droves after...

UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...

Prime London markets are proving more resilient to rising interest rates than their mainstream equivalents, says Savills. Prices in prime central London...

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...

A new report on the state of the lettings industry suggests figures are growing fearful of the impact of the Renters...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

PropTech firm Goodlord and its Vouch brand are again holding a so-called State of the Lettings Industry survey.   It’s now in...

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

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

Large portfolio professional landlords are in a confident mood, with the majority planning to acquire at least one new asset in...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...

New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

Cheshire has topped a new ranking of the best places in the UK to invest in a holiday let, according to...

A new sentiment survey suggests that only a minority of landlords are now feeling positive about the future of buy to...

“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index.  Indeed, the industry...

Tenant demand in the past month has been the lowest since February 2021 and suggests that the pace of demand growth...

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

The Building Societies Association says housing market sentiment remains close to the all-time low. In a sentiment survey some 47 per cent...

Agents have expressed their anger at the government effectively scrapping any meaningful house building targets. Housing Secretary Michael Gove scrapped the mandatory...

The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...

Lettings income for LSL Property Services increased two per cent in the past year - at just the time the company...

A PropTech supplier claims to be shaking up the lettings market with the launch of its revolutionary Property Management software this...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

More than a quarter of renters responding to a survey say they are considering leaving the city within the next 12...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

The Knight Frank lettings and estate agency is warning that it expects house prices to fall in 2023. Tom Bill, its head...

The rental sector remains strong according to the latest market survey by Propertymark. The number of new tenants registered on average per...

The latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the market is strong - but off its...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

The latest sentiment survey amongst members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that the rental market is strong -...

The latest market sentiment survey of the lettings market from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rent rises will...

The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests that rents are to increase “firmly” in the near...

Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...

New research published by Build To Rent operator L&G reveals what it believes to be a crisis surrounding rental properties, affordable...

Tenant demand continues to rise and is now way beyond the long term average according to the latest market snapshot by...

One of the industry’s leading surveys comes out next week - and a preview suggests it’s going to show increasing optimism...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...

The narrative from some activists and pressure groups is that private renting is some kind of ordeal endured by those who...

Data from a property consultancy suggests that two thirds of renters who use virtual viewings sign tenancies without actually visiting their chosen...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors study suggests tenant demand has increased over the past quarter but at a slowing...

Rental growth expectations remain “slightly positive” across most of the UK according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

A complex ‘sentiment tracker’ suggests demand is still strong in the lettings market. PropTech supplier Yomdel publishes a weekly tracker index; it...

Independent London agency chain Dexters says it’s seen a 200 per cent jump in enquiries from this time last year, and...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

Optimism amongst investors in the private rental sector is on the rise, despite the various tax and regulation obstacles facing the...

A survey by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests a growing number of agents want to sell up. Goodlord surveyed 200 agencies for its...

Grainger, one of the biggest names in Build To Rent in the UK, says its current BTR pipeline stands at 24...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...

An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...

The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...

A senior London lettings agent has accused the government of “going to war” on buy to let investors. The director of Benham...

A new survey by one of the sector’s most respected lenders, Paragon, suggests large scale landlords are now a bigger force...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

A property investment platform claims that investor sentiment in buy to let is actually improving despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty...

Buy to let sector confidence across a range of measures remained stable or increased in the first quarter of 2018 compared...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...

Buy to let investors are losing confidence in their ability to rely on steady rental yields, according to recent figures from...

The number of prospective new tenants in the Home Counties over the first three months of the year has risen 15...

So much for Brexit and economic uncertainty disrupting the buy to let market - a new survey out today shows it’s...

Across the UK as a whole there has been a slight increase in the number of tenants who agree to pay...

A removals firm has claimed it is currently dealing with more tenants moving between properties than home buyers.  Aussie Man & Van...

Unique summary: What does a potential exit from the EU mean for the UK's property market. Ever since the recession hit much...

The three per cent stamp duty surcharge proposed for purchases of buy to let and holiday homes risks being seen as...

Franchise letting agency giant Winkworth is warning that London’s tenants face higher rents as some landlords sell investment properties in the...

Landlords anticipate that rent rises will taper off over the next twelve months, according to a sentiment survey conducted by Your...