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There’s been a lot of “over-dramatisation” around the likely targets for private rental properties to have improved energy efficiency, says a...

A new agency - which describes itself as a “disruptor company” - says it will charge an all-in lettings and management...

Labour is likely to make rental sector reform and regulation a priority - at least partly because it will be low-cost...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Lee O’Brien, Managing Director of iad UK. In your experience,...

PropTech platform Goodlord has partnered with safety certificate provider Safe2 to offer compliance work for the lettings sector.  Safe2 - recently acquired...

Around half of landlords say they are unsure about how they will vote in the General Election. A joint survey of around...

Research by PropTech firm APRAO has asked whether London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has delivered on new homes for the capital. On...

There’s been another survey of landlord activity in the private rental sector - and this one shows that 50% of tenants...

A prominent PropTech supplier claims the government’s pledge to delay the ban on Section 21 evictions until court processes have been...

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

National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...

Specialist investment lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to urge customers to make their properties more energy-efficient...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...

Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...

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

The year of proptech  The proptech revolution has been a long time coming but I think that 2024 will the year in...

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

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

Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...

Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...

Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England.  According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...

A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - allows landlords and tenants to communicate directly, without letting agents acting...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with landlords. The...

Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...

Over half of letting agents say they are uncertain as to whether they want to remain in their jobs for the...

A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...

The National Residential Landlords Association is moving into PropTech by providing a platform for safety compliance and one for managing aspects...

A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

A currently low-profile service that helps landlords manage portfolios or even sell their properties to tenants says it’s raised a big...

July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...

A small poll of 100 letting agents by PropTech firm Goodlord has revealed that a strong majority believe the current pressures...

London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

New AI-powered products targeting Airbnb landlords have been launched by property management service GuestReady. They are integrated into the company's existing Property...

A PropTech firm claims that its research shows a third of tenants have not seen fire safety certificates or information about...

Another PropTech innovation claims it will disrupt part of the rental market - this time, the student accommodation sector. Housemates Connect API...

A tech platform claims to have developed a means of optimising energy costs on landlords’ voids. When rental properties are empty and...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...

After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...

The rental market is firing on all cylinders again according to the latest market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord. It says void...

The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors’ latest Residential Market Survey made for gloomy reading for many in the property market –...

An accreditation scheme has produced a free-to-use tool aimed at landlords seeking to make their residential properties more energy efficient and...

A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...

The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...

Landlords are being hit with record fines as growing numbers of local councils launch licensing schemes.  PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors council...

An accountancy expert claims that inflation and rising rents could push more landlords over the £10,000 threshold for Making Tax Digital.  Currently...

An online platform is launching to match people with space to let with tenants in need - but no rent will...

Digital challenger bank Tandem has launched a new platform that allows people to check the EPCs of their or other properties,...

The intense heat felt across the lettings market over recent months appears to have cooled a little according to the latest...

One of the highest profile figures in the lettings industry says the apparent inaction by government over rental reform gives an...

September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index.  With the previous record...

The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...

More enforcement is required if the government is to introduce the scale of reforms it has called for in its recent...

GetGround - which until now has been a service to help landlords form companies - has launched GetProperty, a service guiding...

Landlords risk being overwhelmed and deterred by the volume of changing legislation surrounding the private rental sector, a PropTech entrepreneur warns. Jonathan...

PropTech firms Goodlord and Voich have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...

Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...

Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves...

A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...

A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...

PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. And with...

Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...

PropTech supplier Inventorybase has drawn up a league table of what it calls the private rental sector’s most complained about issues.  After...

Landlords considering new build properties to enlarge their portfolios may get more of a bargain than they expected. New data from the...

Property owners who have a building or disused piece of land by a high traffic road can make a significant profit...

Two respected figures in the lettings sector want landlords and tenants to consider the future of the eviction process. Paul Shamplina -...

The long Jubilee Weekend celebration may be almost upon us but landlords are being urged respond to a major property tax...

A PropTech company which aims its products at landlords, claim that over 600,000 landlords are breaking the rules when it comes...

A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...

A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...

PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...

A new version of PropTech platform Yuno claims to solve the problem of how a landlord should decide what is the...

A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...

Looking after rental property is more complicated and more important than it was 20 years ago according to a leading lettings...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...

A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service.  Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...

There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...

PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic.  Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...

The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar tomorrow.  David Smith,...

A fledgling trade group its holding an online PropTech conference later this month. The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is...

PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...

Buy to let is complicated - and getting more so by the week, as regulations and restrictions abound. Keeping track of this,...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

Auction House London has sold the highest number of lots in one sale in over a year, at its first auction...

A rental app which was pitched to landlords and tenants as “making renting a seamless and transparent experience” appears to have...

A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...

The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is to hold its first tech exhibition with five companies explaining their benefits...

It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...