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

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

Glenigan, regarded as one of the construction industry’s most respected insight and intelligence consultancies, says the sector will enjoy a long-term...

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

The latest residential market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is raising a red flag over what it calls...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

London’s rental market has weakened in recent months according to the fledgling online service Hello Neighbour. Rents are 1% down compared to...

A prominent housing market analyst says people shouldn’t bother reading election literature but instead study interest rates if they want to...

Asking rents continue to show posi­tive growth in all regions except Greater London, the UK’s largest rental market, where they continue...

A Labour MP is calling for rent controls to be introduced, with powers for councils to tweak them as they see...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum.  Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...

The latest market report from Propertymark’s lettings agents suggests the demand is slowing. The latest data - for March - shows that...

Five Labour MPs have put forward an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for rent controls - even...

The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launch a new Ezine system for members to market properties to let and for sale. According...

Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...

February saw significant improvements in activity across the prime London lettings market, and annual rental growth also increased slightly after four...

A national newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill is “on the brink of collapse” as Tory MPs are divided on their...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...

Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...

Foxtons’ unaudited end-of-year trading statement makes no bones about it - the lettings division saved the agency’s bacon in 2023. It suffered...

Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...

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

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Strutt & Parker’s London New Homes staff attribute 50 per cent of their market this year as dollar-based - 30 per...

There were 3.7 new prospective tenants for every rental property listed in prime London postcodes last month says Knight Frank. The figure,...

The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...

The latest RICS lettings market survey shows another increase in rental demand - but that demand appears to be slowing. The institution’s...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that a significant majority of members expect yet...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

A respected property lawyer is accusing the government of helping nuisance tenants at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. Ian Narberth,...

Senior Labour figures have come out with sharply opposing views on whether the party backs rent controls. Shabana Mahmood, a senior MP...

The scale of investment in UK commercial property has fallen in all sectors, new research suggests.  Sirius Property Finance has analysed UK...

Winkworth has told its shareholders that the weak figures posted for 2022 are actually in line with management expectations. The franchise giant...

Corrupt elites and criminal gangs who abuse the property and financial sectors will be identified and stripped of their cash, the...

Trade bodies have been trying to shore up investor confidence after the latest house price index, by the Nationwide, showing another...

The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...

Overseas investors have bagged an effective bonus of £40,000 off the purchase of a UK buy to let, according to leading...

Propertymark says current government policy over leaseholder protections is too weak. The letting agents’ trade body has thrown its weight behind a...

The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...

Tenant demand in the past month has been the lowest since February 2021 and suggests that the pace of demand growth...

House prices in York - where the local MP is leading an onslaught on the proliferation of short lets - have...

The housing market slowdown is gathering pace and has now hit every region of the UK according to the Nationwide. In data...

The headlines surrounding today’s new RICS market snapshot will concentrate on dramatic house price falls but the drop off in the...

Property professionals need to be more vigilant when it comes to their anti-money laundering processes. That’s the view of the manager of an...

Rising interest rates are eroding the profitability of buy to let for mortgaged landlords, says Connells-owned agency Hamptons.   It says that its...

New long-term analysis by Hamptons says rental growth will cool over the coming years but will still outperform house prices between...

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

There’s been a big rise in rents and a large drop in voids in the past month according to PropTech supplier...

A lettings agency has identified where tenant demand is strongest right now - and where demand is lower than some agents...

ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...

Letting agents using rent protection and legal expenses insurance via Goodlord will have their rent protected until vacant possession, with no cap...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

High-end lettings agency Knight Frank says there’s been a huge loss of houses available for renters in prime London in the...

The government has revised its official guidance for the private rental sector and local authorities in the light of imminently-changing Coronavirus advice. The...

Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic. Thangam Debbonaire made...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

The latest market snapshot for the private lettings sector shows rents holding steady into 2021 but voids increasing across the board. The...

Higher levels of supply and weaker demand have dominated prime London lettings markets this month says Knight Frank. This meant that average...

There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

Rents continue to fall in Prime Central London according to agency Knight Frank. After September’s data is taken into account the annual...

The Home Office is proposing a new online service to make it easier for agents and landlords to check that prospective...

Data from Knight Frank suggests that average rental values in prime central London fell one per cent last month, taking the...

Uncertainty around the start of the academic year and pressure on corporate budgets means lettings activity has been lower than normal...

The possibility of an extended mortgage holiday being introduced, for landlords as well as home owners, has been sharply criticised by...

A pro-Build To Rent online platform is hosting a webinar to discuss whether the sector will emerge from the Coronavirus crisis...

Knight Frank is predicting that the number of tenancies agreed in the prime markets across London and the Home Counties in...

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

The latest lettings market snapshot by mortgage lender Paragon has found that of the landlords planning to purchase property in the...

New investment in private rented housing has fallen since 2016 as some private landlords have dipped out of the sector in...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

A ginger group that supports the Labour party says the government’s bid to stop pet bans is meaningless and does not...

The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...

Rental growth in Great Britain picked up throughout 2019 according to Countrywide.   In an analysis of the market released under the name...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The proportion of homes in Great Britain let by overseas based landlords is 11 per cent, up from seven per cent...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

Property investors are concerned that Brexit could deter international buyers from purchasing property in the UK, which could in turn weaken...

Uncertainty around the UK's planned departure from the EU and the stability of the government is causing the super-rich to rent instead...

Rental growth continues to accelerate, reaching the highest level since April 2016 according to data from Hamptons International, part of Countrywide.   The...

The number of film-related enquiries for short lets received by Knight Frank in the year to May has shown a rise...

Rents are rising at the fastest rate since 2017, pushing the average yield on residential property to 4.5 per cent, its...

A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...