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A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

The Conservatives have this afternoon set out a 78-page manifesto, of which just over two pages are given to housing and...

Startling regional differences are acting as barriers to those looking to step onto the property ladder for the first time, according...

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

A survey by one of the industry’s deposit alternative services, flatfair, shows that - unsurprisingly - over 61 per cent rank...

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

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...

It’s been revealed that Propertymark contributed its thoughts to a Parliamentary committee which has slammed the failure of the government’s Boiler...

ARLA Propertymark says it’s a strong fan of New Zero ambitions but warns that the private rental sector needs incentives to...

Flatfair has named a series of agents now signed up to its deposit alternative products. These include Jones Robinson, Haslams, Andrew Craig,...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...

A hybrid lettings and sales agency in one of the most exclusive parts of Britain has opened a second office.  Bonds, which...

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...

One of the leading providers in the hyper-competitive deposit alternative niche has made a bid for support from London tenants by...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises increased to the highest figure on record in July according to data just produced...

What is your business?    Bonds Estate Agents, the modern hybrid agent bridging the gap between the traditional high street agent and online...

Knight Frank says the number of new prospective tenants registering for prime central London properties in the second quarter of this...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

Agencies are responding to the latest criticism of their fees on tenants, levied by the pressure group Generation Rent.    The group -...

This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...

The government’s Housing White Paper may have made many broad pledges aimed at the private rental sector, but it still remains...

The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date...

Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...

This week sees the first step in a long series of reforms - the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - aimed at...