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Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to her summer break this year. But wherever she's going and whatever she's...

Foxtons has upped its expectations for its full year financial performance despites acknowledging a “less certain market backdrop.” A trading update from...

Lettings has helped drive Foxtons revenue and profits for the first half of the year, a company update has revealed. The listed...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

You don’t need to go far to find news about the UK lettings market. From the banning of tenant fees to...

Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new revenue streams can’t help the lettings industry if the fundamental underlying...

Increasing legislation and regulation has arguably been the biggest talking point in the private rented sector (PRS) over the last few...

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

Campaigning groups like Generation Rent and Shelter like to think they are simultaneously edgy and radical; likewise some think tanks believe...

Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year. Landlords are facing a raft of changes and will likely be...

Vesta, which describes itself as “the new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property” has launched a bid to raise...

Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

If you want to know whether buy to let, landlords and letting agents will be in the firing line for more...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

Earlier this week, Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget with a strong focus on housing.  The decision to cut stamp duty...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

And so concludes another party conference season.  We’ve followed the great and the good (both terms are debatable) around Torbay, Bournemouth,...

The Conservatives have this morning announced a reform of the house buying process in the party’s manifesto for the June 8...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

If you work in lettings, I’ll already have a pretty good idea on how you feel about the current Conservative Government.  The...

The government has set out 29 key points in its Housing White Paper.   Introducing it in the Commons this afternoon, Communities Secretery Sajid...

Housing appears to have a disappointingly low priority in the new Theresa May-led Cabinet - at least judging from the time...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return.  Post-economic...

Shelter has been tirelessly campaigning for longer tenancies for the last few years.  The charity has led the case for change and...

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...

The party's over. It's probably the best double entendre in the world of politics right now. For centre or right-leaning Labour...