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If Labour wins Thursday’s General Election. expect three major housing announcements within a fortnight. That’s the exclusive claim from the Sunday Times...

The decision of property developer Berkeley Group to enter the private rental sector is bad news for tenants, it’s claimed. Berkeley plans...

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

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...

Agents’ group Propertymark is discounting early-bird tickets for its flagship Propertymark One event. The day, run in partnership with Rightmove, is billed...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

After nine years with the business, Goodlord co-founder Tom Mundy has stepped down as chief operating officer. An official statement from...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

Daytime TV presenter Jenni Falconer is to host the Propertymark One conference on June 27. Tag-lined ‘Raise Your Game’ the event will...

Two big-hitter agencies are slugging it out for lettings dominance in London, with both making announcements in a bid to cement...

Just about every agency that has commented on yesterday’s Autumn Statement are in agreement - changes to Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance...

A PropTech supplier claims to be shaking up the lettings market with the launch of its revolutionary Property Management software this...

Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - but at this stage it’s...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Rightmove will host...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

A Build To Rent operator has created what it calls a one-stop app for tenants. The operator Apo says the new app...

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...

The chief executive of OnTheMarket says recent changes to his portal demonstrate that he has taken on board agents’ calls for...

The Home Office has issued yet another iteration of its guidance for agents on how to conduct Right To Rent checks. The...

Airbnb is adding property characteristics such as verified WiFi speed to its details in a bid to win more business and...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

The lettings sector is giving a sigh of relief at the absence of any change to Capital Gains Tax by HM Treasury. CGT...

Rightmove has revealed its new TV advertisement, which it claims will reach 59 per cent of the UK during its campaign...

This afternoon's Budget has seen dramatic announcements from Chancellor Rishi Sunak referring to the private rental sector. For landlords buying properties, the stamp...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair says it’s set to make big announcements soon - and in the meantime it’s attracted a key...

The annual ARLA Propertymark conference and exhibition, which wasn’t held at all last year because of Coronavirus, has been pushed back...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column on Friday. Before we get on with it, a reminder...

Hunters says it’s opened seven new branches this year so far - well ahead of the three it had launched at...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

Rental sector experts are expressing growing fears that the relatively low-key Budget announcements made on Monday could herald something more dramatic...

Ian Wilson, chief executive of The Property Franchise Group, says new rules for regulating the lettings sector will probably be clumsily...

Letting agents have responded with enthusiasm to the government’s announcement over the Easter weekend that the industry would in future have...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

Now you have a rare opportunity to tell Phillip Hammond and Treasury civil servants exactly where they are going wrong with...

The Financial Times reports that the Bank of England is questioning buy to let mortgage lenders and banks as part of...

Almost all landlords are considering increasing rents to pay for the higher taxes they now face. According to a survey by the...

Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...

An online petition seeking the reversal of the Osborne clampdown on buy to let tax breaks has secured around 47,000 signatures...

It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...

- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...

A London letting agency is playing down the impact of Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed changes to buy to let tax breaks,...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...

Agents and landlords who fail to identify and evict tenants who are illegal immigrants face up to five years in jail...

An accountancy firm is warning that there are pitfalls in trying to avoid the higher taxation which will result from the...

Labour’s onslaught on the private rental sector continues, with the party now setting out how it will implement its rent controls...