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Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

New research suggests that a majority of the British public believe the government should be doing more to support students find...

A new report suggests that past impressions of Build To Rent and other institution-funded rental units as expensive and concentrating on...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

A PR exercise has discovered that 89 per cent of UK MPs would not give priority to Build-to-Rent schemes in their...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...

OnTheMarket has been named amongst the UK’s best employers in The Times Best Places to Work 2023 initiative. The nationwide workplace survey...

A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...

A lettings agency which describes itself as “ethical” has been honoured with an award linked to the United Nations. Homes For Good...

The Women In Estate Agency group is holding its first conference in London in March, where lettings industry gurus will be...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks is hosting a webinar this evening for letting agents and other industry employers responsible for...

Cluttons is rolling out a family and wellbeing policy to its employees this week, after several months of consultation. The policy will...

A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...

Two more London boroughs are consulting about licensing schemes which will require landlords or their agents to pay hundreds of pounds...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and the Institute of Residential Property Management have been merged under the name The Property...

Bristol council has approved plans to introduce licensing in more parts of the city. Additional Licensing and Selective Licensing schemes will be...

Early results from a survey into wellbeing suggest that agents are changing their working practices to help staff have a greater...

Agents are being invited to take part in a free online wellbeing programme. PropTech company Rlet has partnered with wellbeing experts to...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

A scheme being proposed in Northern Ireland has been branded as a threat to letting agents. The Northern Ireland Executive is considering...

As debate rages about whether pets should be allowed in more private rental properties, a senior house building figure has spoken up for...

The new chief executive of Propertymark, Tim Balcon, says he’s putting mental health and wellbeing within the property sector high on...

A PropTech supplier says that financial worries for renters have not been placated by the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions.  In a...

A major agency and property consultancy has initiated ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ amongst a programme of activities to prioritise staff mental health during the...

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

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

There’s no escaping team activity at epropservices - and in a good way. The company, which is the parent firm of The...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

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

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...

An 18 month probe by different authorities has led to a £4,000 fine for an HMO owner in the Highlands. The local...

Property management firm Mcilroy Smith has launched a mental health policy for its employees - possibly the first company in the...

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

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...

Another London borough is consulting on a further extension of its existing selective licensing - this time it’s Harrow council. It wants...

A new scheme governing the letting out of residential property above retail premises is to be launched in September in the London borough of...

Generation Rent - the campaign group that needs £60,000 to continue operating beyond the end of August - has renewed its...

This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...