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

Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark.  She says her role as President...

The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...

A new survey from law firm Weightmans has found that only 24% of renters read tenancy agreements.  It says this is largely...

The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...

Tickets are now on sale for the next Women in Estate Agency conference in March. Starting as a Facebook group during Covid...

Five outstanding women were honoured at the first ESTAS Women in Estate Agency award, parts of the ESTAS. The five were Wendy...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Thousands of listing for rental properties on two popular websites explicitly say children or pets are not welcome. A BBC analysis of...

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

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...

The first Women in Estate Agency conference has been a sell out.  Over 250 people from across the industry attended the day-long...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

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

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

A lettings platform set up 18 months ago but under-the-radar until now claims to be the world’s first for women only...

New data reveals that over 80 per cent of renters spend more than 30 per cent of their take home pay...

Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

Women now make up 48 per cent of the 2.6m buy to let investors in the UK, according to London lettings...

There’s been great work by Auction House over the past year, working with local charities at the heart of communities thrown...

In the latest twist in the long-running saga of the eviction ban, the government has revealed changes to notice periods. The changes...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

A Northern Ireland lettings agent is providing rent-free housing for NHS staff who have moved out of their own homes to...

A London Labour council wants to introduce rent controls to its borough. The South London Press reports that Lambeth councillors have voted through...

More tenants save to go on holiday than to put a deposit down on a home to own according to buy...

An undercover investigation by the LBC radio station has revealed unscrupulous landlords who expect sex from women tenants in return for...

Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...

Contrary to the impressions given in some quarters, no fewer than 75 per cent of tenants are happy to rent, and...

Consumer charity Citizens’ Advice says government proposals to reform or possibly scrap S21 eviction rights do not go far enough.  The group...

The majority of the UK’s private renters don’t want to purchase a home according to new research, coming just as the...

New research has thrown light for the first time on the gap between the rental affordability of male and female workers...

A home being pet-friendly is the most desirable attribute in a rental property, according to research by a specialist mortgage lender.  The...

There’s more evidence today that pet-friendly properties are becoming increasingly popular with tenants.  A study by specialist lender Landbay quizzed 2,000 tenants...

The Labour Party appears to be entering the arena of organising private rental sector tenants who have grievances. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn...

Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has issued a sharp rebuke to Shelter and the National Housing Federation following their controversial ‘End...

The ownership of buy to let property is much more evenly split between women and men than amongst other forms of...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Newspapers in Kent are reporting that controversial buy to let multi-millionaire Fergus Wilson has evicted four single mothers from his properties...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

Women now account for two in five landlords according to research by Simple Landlords Insurance.   It says it has analysed tens of...

A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...

Local media in west London report that nine people have been rescued by firefighters after a fire above a letting and...

Despite typically having to pay for the privilege of having a background check conducted on themselves, most renters don’t perform the...

A tenant who describes herself as “a seasoned renter” says women may end up paying higher rents than men for similar...

The charity Crisis is warning that an unintended consequence of the controversial Right To Rent legislation which became law this week...

A student landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay over £12,400 after pleading guilty to...

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