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

PropTech management platform Lavanda is to be used to manage the vast 68,000-bed portfolio of Unite Students, the UK’s largest purpose...

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...

Investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation in the first quarter of 2024 has been described as “robust.” A total of 21 transactions...

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

Paragon Bank’s analysis of its lending data has revealed the top 10 locations for investment by portfolio buy-to-let landlords, those with...

The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...

Propertymark’s training arm, Propertymark Qualifications, says there’s been a strong uptake across the board with the first of its candidates passing...

Corporate student accommodation provider Unite Group has reported a big jump in earnings on the back of a shortage of lets...

Propertymark is launching the latest phase of its research into diversity in the agency sector. Last year it worked with the University...

Letting agents are reported to be making special offers to students in one of the biggest UK university cities. Durham’s student newspaper...

Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords.   The news comes as a poll conducted...

A law professor has dismissed a Labour call for agents to have qualifications as “eye poppingly silly” and “snobby.” Labour’s shadow housing...

Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

The Guild of Property Professionals has given its backing to the concept of mystery shopping as a way of improving agents’...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

A prominent housing expert has told MPs that letting agents could be used to police the standards off homes made available...

Rents for student accommodation have increased by an average of 14.6 in two years and swallow up nearly all of the...

Prime London rents are still rising - but that growth is slowing, says Knight Frank. And the number of new prospective tenants...

Five councils are delivering what they call “a ground-breaking project” aimed at improving the experience and environment for landlords and tenants...

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

Rental value growth in prime London postcodes declined further in August as supply built and demand cooled.  That’s the view of high...

A body largely consisting of councils wants more controls over Airbnbs and other short lets - and it wants local authorities...

Propertymark has recognised the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) offered by Rightmove. Both Propertymark and its training arm...

Spicerhaart has recruited the former head of lettings operations at Purplebricks to a regional role. Emma Fagan will be the new property...

A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...

The growth of the short term rentals sector has helped create an economy featuring jobs that benefit local communities and fit...

London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...

New research predicts that northern regions of England will see many of the best investment opportunities in 2023. It is also these...

Students face chaos as government plans to reform the rental market threaten to cause widespread uncertainty as to whether housing will...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

A Labour MP has written to letting agents in her constituency demanding they explain high rents and their student allocation policies. Mary...

University students have queued on the street overnight to secure a home for next year in one of the UK’s most...

The Keller Williams UK agency has launched an online learning platform for agents called KW University. A statement from the company says...

Letting Agent Today has been approached by researchers at the University of York and University of Bristol doing a study on...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

Keller Williams UK, which recently announced the closure of two of its franchise operations, has bounced back with what it calls...

Emergency legislation containing a private sector rent freeze is to be debated by Scottish politicians this week - and the surprise...

In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...

Student landlords have seen record increases in rental prices of over 20 per cent in some cases, according to a lettings...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

There’s concern in the student lettings sector about the impact of the government’s Fairer Private Rental Sector White Paper. For this specialist...

Historic agency Chestertons has appointed its long-serving lettings chief Richard Davies as its new chief executive. This follows the departure of high...

Demand for pied a terres from those working in offices for only three days of the week is fuelling demand for...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

New research commissioned by the landlords’ trade body shows that the UK needs almost 230,000 new private rented homes a year...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

New research reveals that student property portfolios based in smaller university towns or cities typically generate the best returns. The findings, from...

The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...

The agency My Property Box has completed the acquisition of established North Yorkshire letting agent WardHorne – its sixth such deal...

Research by Paragon Bank has revealed the sector that has out-performed the rest of the private rental investment landscape - student...

The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

A Manchester agency says there’s been a 400 per cent increase in enquiries from international students. This huge number of enquiries for...

Rental guarantor service Housing Hand claims there’s been a rise in the number of universities enquiring about white label deals, as...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

Britain’s largest supplier of purpose-built student accommodation, Unite, says students are bored with Zoom and will return en masse to their rental...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

The pandemic has had a major impact on the student rental market with landlords suffering significant losses of income. A new analysis...

An enterprising mother and daughter are bouncing back from being made redundant due to Covid-19 by setting up their own lettings...

International research suggests that short lets - Airbnb and similar platforms - cause housing shortages and push up private rents. Research by...

A second student accommodation provider has announced a rent discount. Student Roost has told its residents they can apply for a discount...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

One of Britain’s largest purpose built student accommodation providers says there’s been a 10 per cent slump in the number of...

A student accommodation search portal has speculated on how the sector could change in the long term as Coronavirus hits education. “Whilst...

The huge disruption of the Coronavirus crisis to the UK's university education does not alter the sector’s long-term fundamentals, a specialist lettings...

Activists from the controversial renters’ group Acorn have picketed the headquarters of a national rental firm in a dispute over a...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A rent guarantor service has rejected criticism of so-called Coronavirus break clauses in rental contracts. There’s been criticism in recent months of...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

A £266m package of help to support vulnerable people into long term accommodation includes possible options to use the private rental...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

The extension to the evictions ban will compound the suffering of victims of domestic violence and anti-social behaviour. That’s the view of...

An economist who previously suggested tenants should live rent-free for three months during the Coronavirus crisis has revised his thinking -...

Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

A lettings agent has completed a £2.6million property acquisition plan in one city on behalf of investors, and will go on...

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

A huge survey of students, seeking their views on accommodation, has ended with a question mark over the value for money...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

A lettings agency has marked six months in business by embarking on a £100,000 project to create what it calls its...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...