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Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...

Half of all tenants who moved during the past 12 months found it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to secure a new...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

Birmingham’s Labour council is considering closing its social housing waiting list to new applicants - and this is likely to trigger...

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

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

Labour’s new shadow Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Angela Rayner, says she will put council Housing at the heart of...

Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...

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

A franchise lettings agency is reported to have agreed to stop potential tenants bidding against each other to secure rental properties. The...

The rental market is set to benefit from a surge in potential buyers putting their purchase plans on hold. Data from NerdWallet...

High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...

A group of activists is trying to raise £15,000 to campaign for local councils to clampdown on AirBnb and other short...

A prominent lettings agent in the north of England has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove urging him to cease attacking...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

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

A tax expert says the current economic climate has made it so hard to save for a deposit that many tenants...

A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...

Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...

Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...

Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...

Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s disappointed the Budget failed to address the funding of the private rental sector.  “Extending...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

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

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A London agency has won the instruction for a particularly prestigious let - a four bedroom apartment in the capital, once...

Labour leader Keir Starmer says the latest extension of the eviction ban is insufficient without a comprehensive plan by government.  “This eleventh...

A specialist buy to let mortgage broker is urging prospective investors to buy sooner rather than later if they want to...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no...

A Labour Baroness, Alicia Kennedy, has been named as the new director of the fiercely pro-tenant Generation Rent campaign group. The announcement...

A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

The Labour head of a special ‘taskforce’ looking at London housing issues in the light of the Coronavirus crisis says he...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a brief but optimistic assessment of the private rental market for next year. “As...

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...

A university student who fled from his private rental apartment owing over £1,000 has posted a message on Facebook: “Catch me...

One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...

A private landlord has gone on record to explain her own dilemma with a tenant - and why the government’s scrapping...

Data from a student accommodation specialist firm shows average rents across many cities are stuck at around a 20-year average of...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...

Up to 500,000 so-called Baby Boomers have been hit by allegedly unaffordable rents and a lack of appropriate housing for older...

The government has been told is should simply adopt some Labour rental policies or risk losing the next General Election -...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

You might not want to read this as you’re tucking into an early Easter egg, but an interiors firm has compiled...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...

A company called My Property Host is seeking to attract failed sellers to become ‘accidental landlords’ and let out their homes...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Cambridge-based agency Bidwells is expanding its lettings division.  The lettings team has grown from eight to 10 professionals thanks to the recent...

Who are you? Luke Mason, from IntelliLet. I help letting agents with every aspect of their business, but particular focus is on...

Letting agents in Cambridge have struck a deal with Stagecoach East to give five free days of travel to new tenants...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on a raft...

The Conservatives’ election victory came as a surprise, so much so that television pundits spent all night after the vote rubbishing...