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From this month, private tenants in Northern Ireland will have sufficient smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms installed in their homes for...

A new partnership being launched today aims to see if the private rented sector can contribute to ending homelessness. It takes the...

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market...

A PropTech platform claims a new ‘Yield Control’ feature makes the end-of-tenancy process more efficient. Residently claims to connect and make smoother...

Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

PropTech entrepreneur and lettings agent Kristjan Byfield is announcing an upgrade to his platform The Depositary, which will see its first...

Ascend, which says it’s now the UK’s largest third-party operator of single-family Build To Rent homes, has recruited a new associated...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning that any proposed ban on so-called bidding wars will end up with...

In a statement which appears to go against the trend of much of the lettings sector, Connells says it sees no...

Propertymark is today launching a consultation exercise, seeking the views of lettings and sales agents - amongst others - about Material Information...

Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...

Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. However it says the performance - which saw double digit growth in...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has entered a partnership with Fresh, a Build To Rent and co-living operator. Instead of paying a traditional...

A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives.  The comment by Paul...

The latest edition of the English Housing Survey reveals precisely how relatively rarely Section 21 is used. Data from the survey analysed...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...

Knight Frank has named Francesca Fox as Head of Super Prime Lettings in North London.  The agency says this newly created role...

Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...

Labour MP Matthew Pennycook has been named as the principal housing minister in the new government. He was shadow housing minister when...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

A lettings agency that works by giving a fixed rental income to its landlord clients each month, and paying for the...

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

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

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

A new in-person real-time chat service for tenants claims to “assist all aspects of the rental experience.” The service comes from a...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership.  The partners claim the deal with combine reports...

A deposit alternative service has been added to Propertymark’s industry supplier list. Tenants can purchase a Zero Deposit Guarantee from £7.50 upwards...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is launching something called Complete Tenancy Management This claims to give agents tools to manage a tenancy over its...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

The 85 branches of Spicerhaart have signed a three-year partnership with The Lettings Hub to use its tenancy management platform. Spicerhaart also...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

A council-run lettings agency called YorHome is offering new incentives to woo private landlords away from conventional agents. Besides offering what it...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

Propertymark wants Labour to come clean on its rent control policy, as the party repeatedly flip-flops on the issue. The agents’ body...

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

A snap poll of letting agents has revealed that only a tiny percentage have taken steps to prepare for the shift...

Rental growth in prime London postcodes has narrowed to levels last seen in the summer of 2021, says Knight Frank.  Average rents...

A call has gone out from an industry group for letting agents to be sure they know the distinctions between statutory...

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

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

Propertymark says the controversial Renters Reform Bill still misses the mark, despite a string of amendments made to it as it...

A prominent lettings agency operator says he hopes the “toxic” attitude to the private rental sector by the Scottish Government may...

A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

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

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

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

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

A major technology programme has secured what it calls “a landmark co-investment partnership” with Propertymark and the Tenancy Deposit Service group.  And...

There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...

The removal of Section 21 notices and the end of fixed-term tenancies are the two issues that concern landlords the most,...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Propertymark has emphasised the importance of retaining fixed term tenancies under the Renters Reform Bill. Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson met Housing...

There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Foxtons says the Build To Rent sector has vast growth potential - and even now in its infancy it is enjoying...

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

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

Expanding agency group My Property Box has completed its 10th acquisition in six years, buying Teesside lettings and property investment specialist...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

Reposit is the latest deposit alternative service to announce strategic partnerships with agencies - the latest signings are Symonds & Sampson,...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

A free webinar for agents is being held next week, again devoted to the Renters Reform Bill as well as the...

Propertymark has urged its members who feel frustrated by the changes to the Scottish Government’s so-called Cost of Living regulations ending...

An agency which currently has £350m of property under management and boasts a 98 per cent client retention rate, has opened...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

The head of a major supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep pets is...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech firm Goodlord has shown that year-on-year rents are up by 7.3 per cent across England...

PropTech specialist Vouch has launched a Rent Protection feature, designed to help landlords access cover to mitigate the risk of unpaid rent. The feature...

The Generation Rent activist group has come out against an amendment to the Renters Reform Bill which reversed the threat of...

A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...