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Average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the 12 months to July 2024 according to official government figures, unchanged from...

The property industry establishment representing agents, surveyors and the volume house builders, has piled in to praise the planning reforms proposed...

During the King’s Speech on Wednesday 17 July, the UK Government announced that it intended to legislate a new Renters’ Rights...

Latest official figures from the government’s Office for National Statistics show that average UK private rents increased by 8.6% in the...

The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...

A prominent economic analyst warns that many of the rental policies advocated by the major political parties in the General Election...

The Liberal Democrats have set out a predictable set of pledges in their manifesto for next mon this election, centred on...

In an unusual intervention for a lettings industry supplier, Zoopla has made an impassioned plea for a new Renters Reform Bill. The...

Average UK private rents were up 8.9% in the year to April according to the Office for National Statistics. This is a...

A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

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

A controversial proposal for a £300m tax grab on landlords appears to closely follow a policy suggestion put forward by activists...

The letting agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...

New data from HM Revenue and Customs reveals a 22 per cent annual drop in residential transactions in the year to...

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

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being lobbied to take urgent action over the growing problem of abandoned tenancies. Propertymark chief executive Nathan...

The number of new prospective tenants registering at each branch of a Propertymark-member lettings agency held steady at 106 in March,...

The government has delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document - it had been expected today.  The How to Rent...

There were 108 new applicants registered per Propertymark member lettings agency branch on average in January, compared to just 64 in...

The National Residential Landlords Association has issued its formal congratulations to Simon Clarke, the new Housing Secretary. But Ben Beadle, NRLA chief...

It’s taking longer and longer for property sales to move from the acceptance of an offer to an exchange of contracts...

The great rent rise continues according to new data from ARLA Propertymark.  The trade body says while there has been a long...

Trade bodies have vigorously lobbied government during the two and a half year process leading to the delivery of the Fairer...

The clearest indication of the rate at which the private rented market is shrinking is revealed in new research by Propertymark. It...

Contrary to recent figures from Zoopla and others, pointing to double-digit rental inflation in the past year, official statistics show the...

The connection between rising volumes of red tape in the private rental sector and landlords quitting as a consequence appears to...

Letting agents’ trade group ARLA Propertymark is raising the alarm over what it believes is a particular shortage of landlords in...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has given his prediction as to what the big issues will be in the 2022 lettings...

Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...

The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and landlords can still...

The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...

For the second month running the number of prospective tenants registered per lettings agency branch has shown a big jump, Data from...