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More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in a regional agency awards event. The winners of six...

One in 10 UK tenants are now spending at least 60% of their take home salary on their rent, according to...

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

The new Labour government is to bring in so-called ‘hardship tests’ to make it tougher to evict tenants, a newspaper claims. The...

Robert Jenrick, who was appointed Housing Secretary by Robert Jenrick in 2019, is to run for Tory party leader. During his time...

A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

The veteran founder of Hunters, Kevin Hollinrake, is reported to be in the race to be Conservative Party leader.  He is MP...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

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

If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

The Deposit Protection Service's charitable foundation claims that a significant proportion of tenants who have recently moved are cutting back on...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

Leasehold reform still has a long way to run, according to the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP). The major party manifestos...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

In an unusually outspoken intervention into the election campaign, Rightmove has criticised the absence of debate over housing. The issue has not...

More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

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

The ongoing debate over ground rents within Government is rapidly becoming a Parliamentary farce that could soon lead to an economic...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

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

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...

Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the...

The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...

Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

A TV presenter with experience of property shows - Laura Hamilton - will be presenting the gongs at the Annual Guild...

The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Sara Stevenson. I am the Lettings Director...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

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

Rents across the UK continue to retreat from their 2023 highs, falling by 2.9 per cent over the last three months,...

Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

Newspaper report claims some 710 properties have been put into the private rental market by the government - and they are...

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to bring in an emergency ban on no fault evictions and banks repossessing people’s homes...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

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

Propertymark is revamping the big London conference it trialled this year - and it’s fired an entire hotel for the after-party...

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

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according...

A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

Propertymark has pledged its continued support for the annual Smart Meter Awareness Week.  Launched by Smart Energy GB, the UK government-backed campaign...

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...

Propertymark has called on the government to reintroduce the Empty Homes Programme following the latest news that England has a growing...

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

Labour deputy leader and shadow housing secretary Angela Rayner has given her party’s conference an outline of future policy plans. She says:...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

Research from a property developer suggests that the government needs to deliver an average of 67,500 new homes a quarter by...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

Airbnb has issued a statement responding to the call for a clampdown on short lets demanded by Labour’s outspoken London Mayor,...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

A proposal to introduce a national register of Airbnb hosts in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour by guests has been...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

The man who led the sale of prominent lettings agency Finders Keepers to Countrywide has landed a new role as group...

It appears likely that Rachel Maclean is set to become the sixth housing minister in 12 months, replacing Lucy Frazer. In the...

Build To Rent provider Sigma Capital Group Limited has announced plans to deliver 865 new homes across 11 sites around the...

Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...

ARLA Propertymark President David Votta and Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson are amongst a group of trade body figures who have...

The allAgents review website has removed a claim suggesting it had been ‘endorsed’ by The Times and the Sunday Times newspapers. The...

Love to Rent, which describes itself as “the first and only digital marketing platform for the Build to Rent sector”, has written...

The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

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

Knight Frank says it expects house prices to drop in the coming year - but only to those levels seen in...

As the Rishi Sunak government’s lower ranks finally take shape, the junior ministers working with Housing Secretary Michael Gove have been...

Famous London agency Foxtons has enjoyed a shares boost on the back of a 25 per cent spike in revenue in...

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

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

There appears to be no space for discussion on the government’s private rental sector reform policies at the Tory Party conference...

A developer building flats and houses in Cornwall has set up a lettings operation promising a fixed 10 per cent gross...

It has emerged that Generation Rent and Shelter are amongst the charities that have written to Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss...

A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...

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

A prominent trade body is warning Tory leadership candidates not to put rental reform on the back burner and add to...

A new market snapshot suggests that the cost of renting just a room in London has reached an average of over...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

An agency has opened its 10th residential lettings office in south west London. The new Savills branch, which will also handle sales,...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...