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Eight fledgling UK PropTech have been selected for the Propertymark-linked  REACH UK 2024 technology scale-up program. The REACH UK program, launched in March...

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

Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

Residential property sales were up by 7% in July compared to the same month year, with 90,630 transactions, official figures show. But...

A regional independent lettings agency has launched a new profit share scheme for its staff - but it’s keeping quiet on...

Agents and landlords are invited to what a council calls “an invaluable local conference where they can get free advice from...

LSL Estate Agency Franchising says it’s got “ambitious growth plans” for expanding franchisee patches across the country. In spring 2023 the company...

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has written to one of the key areas he believes vital for achieving Labour’s house-building targets, calling...

Property professionals gearing up for the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards can look forward to a star-studded evening as TV...

Edinburgh-based property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2024. The...

One of the largest lettings portals in Scotland is warning that plans by the government north of the border to introduce rent...

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for...

A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector - and it’s started off with a warning...

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 - notwithstanding political uncertainty. In the...

HM Revenue & Customs has named 92 schemes which it says are involved in tax avoidance - and it admits this...

Propertymark is inviting letting agents to find out more about the latest legislative changes at one of its upcoming regional conferences.   As...

New Freedom of Information (FOI) data from the Financial Conduct Authority shows that Labour’s plan to introduce a ‘Freedom to Buy’...

The Your Move franchise network has expanded its reach through the acquisition of an independent agency. The Edward Rose Property Group -...

Letting agents keen to scale their business fast are being encouraged to attend what the organisers call “an industry flagship event”...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

PropertyPal - a portal recently at the centre of a fees dispute - has merged with Propertynews. The two brands, which are...

A family agency, At Home in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted for a major residential sector award. The agency, which has a team...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

It’s been revealed by Propertymark that HM Revenue & Customs has fined agents over £1.6m for branches of anti-money laundering regulations. The...

A regional agent says the fear of further taxes on the private rental sector may lead to a spurt of landlords...

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in a regional agency awards event. The winners of six...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired Alan Francis Estate Agents and Lettings Ltd, a Milton Keynes company which has operated in the...

New figures show the scale of the rental supply slump in recent years. The respected Home website, which produces a monthly lettings...

A housing group is launching a campaign to recruit more young people to the property industry in general and the building...

Automated rental payment platform PayProp has been named the Overall PropTech Company of the Year at the 2024 PropTech Breakthrough Awards. This...

The property consultancy Bidwells has appointed a digital transformation expert to a new role to help the firm prepare for the...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

A tax expert is advising anyone involved in the furnished holiday lettings sector to ‘act now’ ahead of upcoming tax changes. Ben...

An agency has issued a statement massively congratulating itself on its own social media strategy. Fine & Country doesn't go easy on...

Daniel Daggers, the self-styled #MrSuperPrime estate agent star of Netflix show Buying London, is to address a Propertymark event. Daggers, founder of...

Just as the prospect of tax rises in the Budget is causing uncertainty in the prime London sales market, so Labour’s...

Holiday Cottage Handbook has launched a new podcast series - Bitesize - looking at the short-term rentals industry, and wants experts...

A charity leader claims spiralling rents are forcing children into what he calls “damp and mouldy B&Bs”. Matt Downie, chief executive of...

The Law Society claims over 29,000 eviction claims in recent months leave “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes.” The...

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

The latest rental market survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests there’s still a significant mismatch between supply and...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he’s backing Labour’s house building plans because of the state of the private rental sector.  Sam...

The regulatory body for the private rental sector in Wales is offering letting agents a course in how to be “anti-racist...

Rent Reporting platform CreditLadder has integrated into SME Professional, a software service sold to the letting and sales industries. It says...

One of Northern Ireland’s fastest growing agencies has acquired one of the longest running property firms in South Down and established...

Leicester based student accommodation provider, Sulets - formally Student Union Lettings Ltd - has won a Platinum award from Investors in People.  Only...

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

New figures published by HMRC show a 7% rise in Capital Gains Tax liabilities on the sale of residential property in...

Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...

An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has given a warm welcome to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s planning reforms. This week Rayner...

A high end agency has created a new senior role to oversee co-ordinate lettings activities with sales, and oversee a raft of...

The chance of the Bank of England deciding to cut base rate today and thus trigger further interest rate cuts, is...

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

Propertymark is urging the UK government to implement reforms that will make it more cost effective and simpler for people to...

Fine & Country is expanding its operations thanks to two brothers. From Thursday this week the brothers James and Henry Carver, who...

An investment expert says TV property shows - especially episodes recorded some time ago - should carry warnings about soaring buy...

Propertymark says the new Labour leader in Wales, Baroness Eluned Morgan, should make an early stand against rent controls for the...

Rightmove has thrown its weight behind the new Labour government’s bid to help first time buyers - and it wants it...

The John Lewis Partnership has received the green light to transform its Waitrose site in Bromley into a new Build To...

A trading statement by Rightmove reveals that it’s  spent £3m on just an 8% share of a PropTech system that describes...

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

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

Some 51% of young first-time buyers are willing to consider so-called ‘non-traditional routes’ to move out of renting and onto the...

Zoopla lettings chiefs have told the government it should tighten up its imminent Renters Rights Bill by demanding all lettings agents...

A prominent industry trainer is working with a fledgling sales agency to launch what it calls a “buyer representation programme” -...

Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

Rightmove says the number of available rental properties is currently 14% higher than this time last year, while tenant demand is...

The low supply of rental homes continues to put upward pressure on rents, reports Hamptons.   The average tenant paid £1,347 pcm to...

A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

A boycott of a major property portal has been called off after a settlement has been reached over fees. PropertyPal is the...

New figures from lettings agency Hamptons suggest that investors purchasing buy to let properties are increasingly looking to the north of...

Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

Letting industry doyen Valerie Bannister has celebrated 40 years in the industry with a party thrown by her employer, Your Move.  Valerie...

While much of the property industry’s response to the King’s Speech focussed on government plans for rental sector and planning reform,...

The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

A new Renters' Rights Bill is to be introduced into Parliament, it's been confirmed today. The announcement was made in the King's...

New analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) shows a dramatic slump in the number of Build To Rent units started. Although...

The right wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute has launched something called the Cost Of Rent Day. The institute has calculated...

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

B-hive Block Management Partners Celebrates Major Milestone With Over 100 Businesses Onboard! B-hive Block Management Partners, part of the Vegner Group, who...

A lettings agency chief says there’s growing discussion about rent controls in his area - and he fears this may be...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

Property consultancy JLL says there’s been a noticeable rise in prime Central London lettings activity.  Average rents rose 0.9% from Q1 to...

A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive, albeit lower, growth in most regions according to the property website Home. The site conducts a...

ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...

Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...

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

Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it welcomes the new Labour government’s ambitious housing plans - but it also casts...

There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...

The relentless acquisition programme of the private equity-funded Lomond Group continues apace with another acquisition announced today - the second this...

Propertymark has struck a lukewarm tone in its response to Labour’s housing ambitions. The trade body says that to meet its manifesto...

Lomond has announced its 58th acquisition - that of an agency with lettings in Derby, Burton and Chesterfield.  Its latest acquisition of...