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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...

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

HMO Sales Expert, a 2024 start-up, has launched a UK-wide partnership programme. It’s commenced with Plymouth, Doncaster, Leicester, and Peterborough, and later...

Development company Select Property has launched Select Residential, one of the first in-house lettings businesses of its kind by a build-to-sell...

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

Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...

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

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

The Housing Secretary in Wales says that nation is unlikely to follow the example of Scotland by introducing rent controls. At a...

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

Some 83% of estate agents are proud of their profession, says a new survey. The poll of 1,728 estate agents, commissioned by...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

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

Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...

An influential Labour website says a raft of proposed reforms for the private rental sector will be unveiled next month -...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business.  This is the first...

HomeLet and Let Alliance’s chief executive Andy Halstead has called for less “government grandstanding” and more direct action to recognise the...

Propertymark is joining a growing chorus demanding an annual uprate of working age benefits and Local Housing Allowance. LHA rates have been...

New and past landlords tempted back to Buy to Let have been warned - passive income from property isn’t easy.  This is...

Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...

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

Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

Shelter has published what it calls a General Election manifesto with rent controls at its heart. Called The Way Home: a manifesto to...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

An ex-ARLA supremo says technology is the best way for letting agents to cope with a huge rise in telephone calls. ARLA...

A prominent figure in the London property world says landlords under increasing financial pressure are being more selective about the letting...

The Property Redress Scheme has released its latest list of expelled agents - mostly for rental misdemeanours and/or failure to pay...

A sales agency specialising in disposing of buy to let portfolios says it’s now received an averaged 240 enquires a month...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Propertymark has set out the case for an increase in benefits for private tenants. Timothy Douglas, Propertymark's Head of Policy and Campaigns...

PayProp is known for its award-winning rental payment platform, which combines bank-integrated client accounting with automation to save letting agencies time...

Concern remains that the mayhem surrounding the mortgage market may yet trigger a housing market crash. At the start of the weekend...

A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...

The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...

In a surprise move, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given the stand-in leader of activist group Generation Rent a prime role...

OnTheMarket has bagged Arun Estates, one of the UK's largest agency groups, in a deal involving the TecLet lettings platform. TecLet, an...

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...

New buy to let purchases are increasingly being funded by cash rather than a mortgage, says Hamptons lettings agency.   So far this...

A property firm is claiming that nearly half of the UK’s younger generation of renters stay up at night worrying about...

The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Director Fariview Estates & Director keyhive.io What is ‘company name’...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has personally written to  a leading politician about a tax threat to the rental sector.  Emerson has...

Airbnb has come out in favour of a short lets registration scheme across the UK - similar to the one promised...

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

Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...

The Propertynest lettings and sales agency is expanding into Yateley in Hampshire.  This follows the recruitment of experienced agent Mark Holloway into...

Tenants should brace themselves for soaring rents in the New Year, a property expert warns.  The National Association of Property Buyers predicts...

A prominent figure in property investment is warning that buy to let is the sector facing the biggest challenges in the...

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...

Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...

Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

A network of professional landlords is warning the government that its reform agenda for the private rental sector is plain wrong...

The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...

Homes in the rental sector are more likely to have old and inefficient appliances for tenants to use in order to...

Holiday lets and second homes in one hotspot in the UK have not, after all, impacted on house prices and affordability,...

The boss of a PropTech rental platform claims that tenants are particularly badly hit by the current cost of living crisis. Research...

Letting agents are being urged to make better use of technology to try to meet growing demand for out-of-hours service, yet...

The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...

A PropTech supplier to the lettings industry that has just signed a deal with OnTheMarket has come out in support of...

CRM business platform Reapit has partnered with PropTech platform Notify to announce a software integration that claims to simplify utilities registration...

The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

An agency owned by Foxtons says there’s been a 120 per cent surge in demand for pet-friendly rental properties since the...

Tesco and Morrison supermarket chains are now selling Airbnb gift cards, which are also available from the short lets platform directly...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

The head of a lettings agency has drawn up a wish list for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to address in his Budget...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...

A lettings agent has expressed his amazement after an emotional LinkedIn post about paying himself a salary for the first time...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are.  According to the latest analysis, by the...