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Student accommodation booking platform Housemates is expanding overseas. The expansion will cover several major Canadian cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Currently Housemates...

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

A student lettings business claims the cycle of booking accommodation for the 2024-25 academic year has already started in some cities. The...

A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...

Lavanda, a student lettings property management tech supplier, has announced a partnership with UPP, a student accommodation provider working in partnership...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

The lettings agency operated by controversial agent Ajay Jagota has been sold for an undisclosed sum. Jagota set up KIS Lettings with...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

A student lettings platform now operating in seven cities is reported to have raised £700,000 in its first funding round. HYBR –...

Lettings franchisees under the Belvoir banner delivered the group an additional 10 per cent management service fees last year according to...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

Consolidation within the industry continues apace with the Belvoir Group acquiring the Nicholas Humphreys Franchise Limited in a move announced over...

A fast-growing regional chain of agencies has purchased another independent operator in the lettings sector. Yorkshire's Linley & Simpson has bought Sinclair Properties...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

Two thorny subjects are back on the agenda for letting agents - break clauses and what happens when students leave their...

The private rental sector dedicated to student accommodation in London could see a 24 per cent drop in income in the...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

Student lettings and management company Uni2 Rent has expanded its business with the acquisition of Nottingham West Lettings, for an undisclosed...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says the lettings market “could explode quite quickly” when the lockdown ends. The agency says that in...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting a webinar this week when the chief executive of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, David...

A specialist student accommodation lettings and property management company says it’s preparing to grow through a series of strategic acquisitions. Bankers have...

A family-run hybrid based in the North East has secured the £300,000 contract to manage a new student accommodation development in...

The Mistoria Group has opened its third office in the north of England - it now has a branch in Bolton...

Letting agents and landlords will have to win planning consent to erect To Let signs in student areas of Leicester from...

Franchise agency Redstones, which has 13 offices across the Midlands, has acquired student letting company Housemates. Redstones, now one of the largest...

As students begin their search for housing for the next academic year, a university has relaunched a dedicated lettings agency service The...

Spotahome, a London-based student lettings platform, has acquired another platform aimed at students, Erasmusu, in a bid to expand its international...

A Birmingham-based student lettings agency says it has seen improved response rates from student tenants and viewers thanks to the use...

Research by a student lettings software company suggests that 70 per cent of landlords say they would prefer not to let...

Planning permission has been granted for a hybrid letting agency and a café bar to be installed - together - in...

It is being reported that one of the major providers of purpose-built student accommodation to let - Unite - could temporarily...

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...

A local authority has clamped down on what it describes as illegal advertising boards, fining agencies thousands of pounds in the...

A letting agency specialising in student accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director have admitted a series of breaches of...

An online student lettings agency claims there will be a growing number of students using the holiday season to boost their...

A new property tech startup is launching this month with the promise that it will “completely transform the way university students...

Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...

Economic uncertainty in China could spill over to cause problems for the student letting sector in the UK, an agent is...

The manager of a Lancaster letting agency dealing chiefly with students says he will co-operate with any police investigation into his...

Investment into the country’s student housing market hit £3.98 billion in the first half 2015, well ahead of the £2.35 billion...

With the lettings market at a near-record level of activity, Countrywide is seeking recruits for its fifth two-year graduate management programme.  Since...