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There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to boost enforcement of rental standards in the private sector. That’s the view...

Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

Top tips will be provided for landlords in the private rental market in a seminar next month organised by high profile...

The latest official government rent index shows that average private rents across the UK as a whole increased by 9.2% in...

Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...

A prominent lettings sector expert is blaming the media for anti-landlord sentiment and a rise in tenancy disputes. Gina Peters, Head of...

A trade body claims private tenants are ‘suffering’ because lettings agents are not regulated. Propertymark is demanding equal treatment between lettings agents...

The head of lettings agency Benham and Reeves has made an outspoken attack on stamp duty. The agency analysed data from the...

Property logbook company Chimni is trialling a new form of Digital Property Logbook aimed at the rental markets.   The new logbooks...

A council which last year staged a pilot project about the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the lettings sector is now...

The popular narrative may have been that first time buyers have been priced out of the market, partly by landlords: but...

Changes to empty home council tax rates could generate an additional £540m from Monday, a lettings agency claims. Since April 2013, billing...

Landlords can benefit from a wealth of free training, courtesy of a north of England council. Cumberland council is providing the training...

The tax reliefs enjoyed by landlords running Furnished Holiday Lets (FHL) were cut by the Chancellor this month. Some say the...

Rental growth continued to cool in February, says the latest market snapshot from lettings agency Hamptons.   Last month, the average rent on...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and the party’s controversial Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are at loggerheads over rent controls. Khan has...

Some 89% of higher-rate and 100% of lower-rate taxpaying landlords who sell will see their Capital Gains Tax bill rise in...

The Chancellor has rendered hundreds of lettings businesses unviable overnight as a result of his Budget tax clampdown. That’s the view of...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

Newly released data by flatshare website SpareRoom reveals average rental prices in Greater London have seen a drop. Average rental prices in...

A new market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows tenant demand rising but at a rather more modest...

The number of new rental instructions in February was 20 per cent higher year-on-year, says London-focused agency Foxtons. Average rent achieved rose...

Latest data from agency Chestertons reveals a 125 per cent increase in the number of landlords choosing to reduce asking rents...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

A legal firm says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has effectively slashed the value of holiday homes which are sold from April 2025...

The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...

A prominent lawyer has stepped up her criticisms of Housing Secretary Michael Gove and his attacks on buy to let and...

Rightmove is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next week’s Budget as an opportunity to incentivise landlords to make properties...

According to Haslams lettings agency’s latest House Price Index, a new hotspot has emerged for private rental sector investors. It claims Reading...

Average rents on newly let properties across Britain rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in January, the slowest pace for 13 months...

Another rental market snapshot suggests that London is suffering an oversupply of properties to let - with rents dipping as a...

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

Almost a quarter of London tenants have had to move rental properties more than five times in five years, a tax...

Two thirds of landlords say the demand for private rented housing is continuing to increase, according to new research commissioned by...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

Landlords seeking capital appreciation will be encouraged from two new housing market surveys - one showing a surprise rise in house...

A wealthy landlord, who also ran a fake lettings agency, has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

Six in 10 landlords recorded increased tenant demand for their properties in the final quarter of 2023, Paragon Bank research has...

A prominent London-focused agent and property consultant says landlords are prioritising long term ‘tenant quality’ over short term yields. Jo Eccles, founder...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

Damp and mould are two of the most common issues in rented properties, with surface mould caused by condensation one of...

If you're thinking of investing in a holiday home this year, there can be a lot to consider. From gathering insight to...

Landlords are being invited to a forum organised by a council’s own private lettings service and the National Residential Landlords Association. The...

Scottish property portal ESPC has announced a free Buy To Let event targeted at aspiring property investors and landlords. The event will...

The UK’s private rental sector grapples with a surge in waiting times for contractor appointments, according to industry supplier Fixflo.  A new...

The identify of the service running the upcoming Private Rental Sector Ombudsman scheme has been thrown into doubt once more. The Renters...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

There will be long term pressure on housing affordability and the private rental sector if demographic forecasts from a range of...

The housing minister and the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association are amongst 60 speakers named for an upcoming...

Two new reports - from lettings agency Foxtons and data consultancy LonRes - show London’s rental market returning to pre-pandemic normality. Foxtons...

The Office for National Statistics says private rents in England experienced a 6.1 per cent rise in 2023, the sharpest annual...

Newham council in London has won what it calls a landmark case against a convicted rogue landlord. The court has dismissed the...

A respected league table of yields in different parts of England and Wales has issued its latest figures. The Fleet Mortgages Buy-to-Let...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

As the Renters Reform Bill heads towards the House of Lords, a free webinar is targeting landlords operating in the student...

A merger of two of the biggest names in the lettings agency world will mean the combined group managing 152,000 rental...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

With 2023 drawing to a close, flatshare website SpareRoom has revealed data which suggests a slowdown in the rental frenzy -...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...

The head of a major industry service supplier insists the Renters Reform Bill provision making it easier for tenants to keep...

By Luke Lightfoot, Regional Director of Asset Management at Sigma Capital As the fastest growing sub-sector in the UK rental market, it’s...

A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...

The latest RICS Residential Survey, out today, points to an improved outlook for the housing market, with the more optimistic sentiment...

London has seen the strongest rental growth over the last year according to an analysis by lettings agency Hamptons.   The average rent...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...

A surprising one in seven lettings agents is now reporting a fall in rents rather than a rise. Although far more agents...

London’s ultra-prime rental market has returned this year to pre-Covid levels for the first time, an agency claims. Beauchamp Estates - using...

A mortgage lender survey suggests landlords are returning to fixed rate mortgages. Landbay says more investors are opting for five-year fixed mortgages...

I recently attended the NRLA’s annual conference in Birmingham and a theme that still dominates discussion in the industry is the...

Property investment is a dynamic and diverse field, offering numerous opportunities for investors to grow their wealth. At Mortgage Scout, we...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...

The latest lettings market forecast from Savills says average UK rents to end 2023 at up 9.5 per cent year on...

Campaigning charity Shelter has welcomed the decision by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance - but it wants it...

Many have welcomed the move by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unfreeze the Local Housing Allowance - but some tenant activists say...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing Allowance is...

A council’s version of a private lettings agency is inviting landlords to an event co-organised by the National Residential Landlords Association. Ashford...

Landlord confidence has rebounded strongly in recent months according to a survey by a leading buy to let-focussed bank. All aspects of...

A prominent lettings agent says he can see why tenants have lost faith in the government following delays in the banning...

Court Reform first, then scrap Section 21 - landlord leader tells MPs Rental reforms will not work unless the government reforms the...

Activist’s Twitter war of words continues  It appears as if Suella Braverman is not the only figure making a personal attack in...

MPs today begin the so-called Committee Stage of the Renters Reform Bill’s passage through the House of Commons. Organisations and individuals with...

One of the first forecasts for the rental market for 2024 suggests that strong growth will continue. Property consultancy JLL says that...

Landlords have been selling more homes than they bought in every year since 2016 when a raft of tax and regulatory...

How can letting agents attract new landlords when they’re all selling their portfolios? That’s a major question for the lettings industry –...

The chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association has bagged a prestigious leadership award  Ben Beadle won Gold in the Association...

The government's Office for National Statistics has revealed that it conducts an exercise to assess the likelihood that landlords will increase...

Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section 21 notice...

The latest edition of the HomeLet Rental Index shows a near double-digit average annual rent rise across the UK. Renters can now...

A rent guarantor service says the recent Second Reading of the Renters Reform Bill has intensified scrutiny on the challenges faced...

The Deposit Protection Service is the latest part of the industry to try to quantify how many landlords are implementing rent...

The average asking price across the UK based on the available stock is now £1,829 per month according to property consultancy...

Propertymark says there’s no change in the mismatch between supply and demand in the rental market - unfortunately. Chief executive Nathan Emerson,...