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A brief statement to the London Stock Market this evening has confirmed that Rightmove will, after all, carry OpenRent listings in...

New figures show the average inheritance tax (IHT) bill in 2021/22  rose to a new high of £215,000.  The number of estates...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Build To Rent developer and operator Dandara Living has struck a partnership with deposit alternative service flatfair. Dandara joins other BTR operators...

A rent guarantor provider has announced a deal with agency Clever Student Lets. The provider - called RentGuarantor - says the deal...

A prominent lettings industry supplier says uncertainty over the details and timescales to implement rental reforms will dog the sector for...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

Haart has announced a strategic partnership with software platform teclet which will now be adopted in all lettings offices in the...

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...

An independent Yorkshire letting agency has broken new ground by extending into Humberside for the first time, after striking a major...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

Online lettings agency RentMyHome is partnering with a trade group for home stagers in order to offer clients discounted services. MyHomeGroup owns...

The charity Shelter, which regularly campaigns against lettings agencies and landlords, is bracing itself for a strike next week - and...

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

A buy to let mortgage lender claims that five out of six areas affected by the long-running spate of strikes on...

The government has confirmed that it has no plan to ban letting agency fees in England. Fees are already banned in Scotland...