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The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...

The government’s expected U-turn on the future of Section 21 eviction powers has provoked an explosion of anger from Generation Rent...

Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...

The government has issued updated guidance on renters moving home during the pandemic, and for the first time the rules change...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

The UK’s largest provider of inventory services says rising tenancy lengths make a combination of inventories and regular inspections more valuable...

Activists led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy of Generation Rent say the proposed reform of the private rental system must include a...

A new analysis suggests that as many as 40 per cent of people in the UK are at last considering moving...

PropTech provider Canopy has linked with a string of insurance and other firms to improve its offer to renters. Canopy’s founder Tahir Farooqui...

The challenges of London’s rental market continue to play out in the latest market snapshot from one of the capital’s biggest...

Strettons has described the government’s decision to extend the ban of tenant evictions until 20 September as a ‘pragmatic and humane decision’...

Although the existing coronavirus restrictions have not yet been eased in Scotland, this has not prevented demand rising from Scottish property buyers...

As more people start to think about moving home as the coronavirus restrictions are eased, sales and letting agents are being...

Property trade associations, professional bodies and other parties have joined forces to call for urgent government action to help support the...

The government’s decision to relax lockdown rules in England has allowed the residential property market to restart, with letting agents given...

Property moves and viewings will be able to resume again in England from today, under new rules announced by the government...

As more people start to think about moving home during the coronavirus pandemic, sales and letting agents are being urged to...

Who are you? Neil Newstead What does it say on your business card? Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, sounds pretty important, but...

Demand for rental properties and the supply of rental stock have dropped significantly year-on-year across the majority of UK cities and...

Unsurprisingly, there has been a sharp drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last...

The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a new scheme to allow tenants to transfer their tenancy deposits when they move homes.  The...

When it comes to buying, selling, letting or renting a property, you will likely be faced with words, phrases, acronyms and...

Renters who move home regularly often face excessive costs associated with moving, new research shows. The study by MoneySuperMarket reveals that the...

UK furniture brand, Happy Beds, surveyed 2,000 Brits to see what the common problems are that they face on moving in...

Another tenancy deposit replacement insurance scheme has been launched – this time by Goodlord. The property technology firm is offering the deposit...

A third of UK renters have no plans to ever buy property, preparing instead for life as a long-term tenant, according...

Goodlord has partnered with Octopus Energy to launch Goodlord Switch, a new energy switching and void period management product that it...

Tenants living in some of the most deprived areas in England will face some of the steepest rent price hikes in...

Home movers, including a growing number of renters, are increasingly reliant on connection, community and convenience when looking at where to...

Whether for work, study or entertainment reasons, a reliable and affordable broadband connection is likely to be one of the first...

The chancellor Philip Hammond may have announced in the Autumn Statement that letting agents in England will be banned from charging...

Measures which discourage investment in the private rented sector can only push up rents and harm tenants more than landlords, a...