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Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

Following publication of the Renter’s Reform Bill and the media coverage surrounding it, many agents and their landlords will understandably have...

A controversial change due to be brought about in the proposed Renters’ Reform Bill is the abolition of Section 21 ‘no...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

Are landlords following the law? To answer this question, the Government grouped answers from its English Private Landlords Survey 2022 according...

With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented Sector, landlords and letting agents are looking for ways to maintain...

A wide range of upcoming legislative changes will affect the private rented sector. From new carbon monoxide alarm regulations to renters...

Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...

What a difference two months and some local elections make. Cast your minds back to March 9 and the annual report of...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...

Former Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has died at the age of 53. The Conservative ex-Cabinet minister, who was diagnosed with lung cancer...

Media reports suggest the government is considering offering grants to local authorities to purchase private family houses which are larger than...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

Unsurprisingly it’s been a busy few months in the property market so far this year, and a busy few months in...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

In recent years, the extent and role of the private rented sector (PRS) in the housing market has seen significant changes. The...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

While controversy swirls around the approach and motives of the sackings and branch closures at Spicerhaart, other agents are showing how...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

It’s a substantial Tory government for the next five years: what does this mean for estate agents, property and the market? We have...

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

Britain lives in fundamentalist black-and-white times - all the more surprising when the country's most divisive point of contention sits on...

New figures from HM Revenue and Customs suggest that stamp duty receipts have fallen by no less than £1 billion. The drop...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

Last week, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced a number of measures aimed at further tackling homelessness, including...

The dust may have settled on the government’s recent announcement regarding housing and property complaints, but opinion is still split on...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...

  The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Lettings Agents have thrown their weight behind the government’s latest...

The government has this morning set out wide-ranging changes to redress systems for agents, the sales and lettings sectors, and other...

The government says it will be releasing details of its ideas to revamp redress systems concerning agents and new homes “in...

Two weeks to Christmas but no sign of our industry slowing down with more job moves announced in recent days.  Please let...

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

The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is to hold a briefing on the government’s redress reform on Wednesday - five days before...

The government has launched a surprise consultation on the creation of a new redress system for customers of agents and others...

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday.  Despite...

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

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...

Shelter, the campaigning charity that has been hugely critical of private landlords and letting agents in recent years, has now launched...

You may have heard that Airbnb and property management company, Lavanda has closed a £1 million angel investment round.  Backers include Purplebricks...

That the private rental sector has become the government’s whipping boy for housing problems - landlords in particular, letting agents almost...

London Central Portfolio, a property investment consultancy, has set out a five point plan for the next government elected this week...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

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

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Next year is likely to be a challenging time for letting agents, following a raft of changes introduced by the government...

Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...

Fergus and Judith Wilson, at one time considered to be Britain’s biggest private landlords, have sold off an estimated 400 of...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to do all in his power to help make London “better” after...

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

The race to replace London Mayor Boris Johnson has entered its final few days, and like never before, housing is the...

We talk about the unstoppable rise of buy-to-let and forget that it was only as recently as the early 1970’s that...

With less than a month to go before the new rate of stamp duty kicks in for second property purchasers, we’re...

When it comes to Budgets and Property, you have to hope that the old adage that ‘things happen in threes’ turns...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

Once you go beyond the industry’s anger about the Chancellor’s three per cent stamp duty surcharge – and that’s an anger...

Stephen Moss, CEO of Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’ on...

A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...

If there’s one thing that looks like a good move right now, it’s becoming a letting agent.  Whereas some years ago we...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

It’s become almost obligatory for start-ups in many industries – frequently online agents in the selling and letting business – to...

A new website has been launched to fight back against the attack George Osborne made in the Summer Budget on the...

An opinion poll of over 2,000 people conducted for The House Shop shows that a majority of people would use a...

Agents have expressed their disappointment at the decision by the government to restrict mortgage interest relief for Buy To let investors...

There was a whopping 42 per cent rise in referrals to The Property Ombudsman last year according to the annual report...