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

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

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

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

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

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

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 -...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

A newspaper claims that a short lets management firm that handles properties let on Airbnb and similar platforms is scrambling for...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

A national newspaper story suggests that a couple seeking an apartment to rent in Brixton were signed up to the wrong...

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

A newspaper claims landlords who ‘game’ the current tax regime for short term lets and lodging may be in the firing...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

Reports have emerged this week that the government is planning a U-turn on its proposals to introduce mandatory three-year minimum tenancies...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

A trade body says it has been assured by the government that there will be no premature announcement introducing longer tenancies...

Speculation is growing that three year tenancies for private renters - long favoured by the government - could be announced as...

A newspaper in warning that the beleaguered buy to let sector may be under attack yet again with the government considering...

Countrywide has announced that Dan Channer - a well-known figure in the lettings industry generally, and managing director of Oxford-based Finders...

A lettings agent has been charged £1,000 after telling a new tenant to dump waste left by a previous occupier into...

Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

The Movebubble digital rental service is launching a 'virtual assistant' facility - a person who will use a scooter to attend...

The new chief executive of Grainger has started setting out her company’s Build To Rent strategy. Helen Gordon has told the Sunday...

It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...

The new three per cent stamp duty on buy to let properties coming into force from next April will effectively redraw...

The Property Ombudsman, Christopher Hamer, has announced his support for an accredited landlord's scheme in Sunderland.  Sunderland City Council's Accredited Landlord’s Scheme...

A newspaper claims that Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham will this week announce that, should he head the party and eventually...

TenTel are looking to work with letting agents with over 200 rental properties currently under management. If you meet this criteria, you...

Debate over spending cuts and taxation is increasingly asking whether landlords should continue to receive an estimated £10 billion - or...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...