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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Victor Olowe as the chair of its new Valuation Assurance Committee. Oluwe is a...

The Bank of England has cut base rate from 5.25% to 5.0% - its first cut in four years. It was a...

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

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Just four months after opening a fourth office of lettings agency Martin & Co in London, franchisee Michael van de Vyver...

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

All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...

A newspaper says Labour is seeking to woo renter voters by allowing councils to restrict new build homes to first time...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

Rightmove says yesterday’s Bank of England base rate rise to 3.5 per cent - the ninth hike in as many Bank...

Property consultancy Walker Singleton has snapped up the independent Daniel & Hirst agency in Yorkshire. The deal, which was for an undisclosed...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme application process is so complex property agents and their landlords do not think it is worth...

The owners of second homes in a key short lets and tourist hotspot are set to have to pay a premium...

A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...

Letting agents should communicate regularly and proactively with their landlords and tenants to help them understand the proposed reform of the...

The independent Harpenden-based Home County Sales & Lettings has just been acquired by Ashtons, the company’s third acquisition in just 15...

A newspaper probe has discovered that sow-called exempt accommodation - often for the most vulnerable tenants - has received a Hugh...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

A respected buy to let mortgage monitor is suggesting that investors in the sector may be more successful if they allow...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

Labour’s candidate for London Mayor wants to control private rents - and he wants the capital to be a template for...

Leaders Romans Group has announced the acquisition of another independent agency, this time in the East Midlands. It’s snapped up Hill &...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

One of the country’s largest independent agencies has emerged out of lockdown with a spring in its step, acquiring two small...

Rent to the value of £10,982.25 is to be returned to tenants by a landlord who was operating without a licence. Mrs...

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...

Belvoir has confirmed that its Brighton franchisees have acquired the independent Homelets agency in the town - for a cool £1m. Existing...

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...

Another Martin & Co franchisee has acquired a nearby independent agency. The franchise firm’s Falmouth branch, run since 2013 by Felicia and...

We may be all-too-familiar with the challenges facing letting agents and landlords in the private rental sector but there is at...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

A landlord had been ordered to give back almost £4,000 that was paid to him while operating without a licence. The case...

The independent lettings agency Chilli Residential has been snapped up by a local branch of franchise giant Martin & Co. The Aldershot...

An independent agency in Gloucestershire is returning to the lettings business to complement its existing sales and land arms. Perry Bishop and...

Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there is now a record number of mortgage deals for those entering the buy...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

The government’s flagship immigration Right To Rent policy is under threat on two fronts. Firstly a cross-party group of MPs has written...

The number of buy to let mortgage products on the open market has passed the 2,000 mark for the first time.  This...

The controversial Right To Rent policy has been attacked as having failed “to demonstrate its worth” in encouraging immigration compliance. Under Right...

A trade body says new figures released by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility show that the government’s recent tax increases...

The independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says some buy to let mortgage rates have gone back to record lows. The monitor says...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has used a holiday season interview to repeat his pledge to swing powers back towards private tenants...

The National Landlords Association has appointed a new chairman - he’s Adrian Jeakings who comes to the position with many years of...

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...

The independent production company making the life-swap series The Week The Landlord Moved In series, now showing on BBC1, is having...

A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...

Airbnb’s decision to enforce the London-specific legislation which limits hosts to letting their properties for no more than 90 nights a...

Data from the Ministry of Justice suggests the number of claims made by private sector landlords to repossess a property has...

The new housing minister, Gavin Barwell, says he is behind the concept of longer tenancies for renters in the private sector.   In...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad from high-end letting agency Hamptons International because of an apparent lack of clarity...

A trade body has hit out at “clear inconsistencies” in an online news report claiming that renting an ‘average London flat’...

More criticism of Chancellor George Osborne’s raft of buy to let reforms has appeared in the mainstream media, with much emphasis...

A new report from the independent Social Market Foundation think tank has found that almost two million more people have been...

The housing ladder is disappearing for most young working households on modest incomes who are obliged to rent for the indefinite...

The vocal campaign group Generation Rent is making the jaw-dropping claim that one in four private tenants has been evicted “for...

A financial analyst says current buy to let mortgage constraints - with a strong possibility of more later this year - may...

It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...

The specialist buy to let mortgage sector is set to be an unexpected victim of the buy to let tax changes...

The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies has described the justification given by Chancellor George Osborne for curbing tax breaks for buy to...

A Labour MP was hauled up before the parliamentary expenses body after hitting a credit card problem created by a dispute...