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Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...

As we move towards the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the first lockdown, it is a good time to reflect...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and shifting tenant requirements are reinforcing the need for good broadband in the rental market...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

There’s been a shock one per cent increase in the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty on second homes, coming into effect...

The housing market is to stay open across the UK, including in the new Tier 4 areas of England. An announcement from Housing Secretary...

The Home website, which publishes a detailed monthly snapshot of the market, has raised the alarm over London because of a...

The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors review of sales and rentals, often amongst the most pessimistic of analyses, says Covid 19...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, better known as the furlough scheme, was introduced by the chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

The Zoopla Rental Market Report, published this week, mentioned a two-speed rental market, but what does that mean? We are seeing two...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

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

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

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

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

No one would argue that unfair fees and practices by rogue landlords is a problem that should be ignored, but the...

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

There are fewer ‘accidental landlords’ - vendors who resort to letting out their homes because the sales market is difficult. That’s the...

It is now over two months since the introduction of the ban on fees charged to tenants, leaving letting agents with...

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes becoming digital. It is the fear that the digital world is...

With a mere matter of weeks until the Tenant Fees Act comes in to effect, I can’t help but wonder just...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

A statement from London-focussed agency Chestertons claims to have bucked the poor market in the capital - and says it’s partly...

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - your final chance before the Easter break to catch up with the key...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

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

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

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

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

Even with 2019 well underway, letting agents need to keep refining their long-term goals and business targets. For agencies with a...

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - and while it may be just days to Christmas, there’s still plenty of...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

With the continued indecision surrounding Brexit and the final divorce settlement still months away, it seems property buyers are choosing to...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

That’s it. I’ve given up. The lull has continued and it’s becoming quite a bore.  The price drop hasn’t worked. The revamped...

In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Last week’s news that the lettings fee ban is unlikely to materialise before next spring was perhaps to be expected. Ever since...

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...

The short let management company Lavanda - backed by Harry Hill, former chief of Rightmove and Countrywide - has launched software...

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

Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that the cost of the average rental deposit is expected...

The price of houses in the UK will remain high because a “structural decline” means fewer homes are being sold and...

As the mainstream mortgage market braces itself for yet another clampdown on buy-to-let lending, a growing number of property investors are...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

In its latest report to shareholders, Rightmove has revealed yet more growth in agent numbers, traffic to its website, revenue per...

The Queen’s speech to the British parliament this week was a scaled-back affair, which was unsurprising given the Grenfell Tower fire,...

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

A year ago, we were days away from the introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on second homes – a...

In a week that I am recovering from the exuberance of MIPIM, there are two big pieces of fundraising news that...

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

There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...

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

London based property management startup Airsorted has raised £1.5m in a funding round led by Concetric and the ever present PiLabs.  What...

The East Midlands, which consists of several areas including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and much of Lincolnshire, has an ancient...

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...

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...

In case you missed it yesterday, here’s a summary of everything relating to property that was in Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s Autumn...

Media reports over the weekend suggest that the government is to introduce a 'buy as you go' system in the Autumn...

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...

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

A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

Dear Sales Doctor, I'm aware I sound robotic when qualifying an applicant and don't know how to change it; any ideas? When an...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Director of Business Development Q: Who are PayProp? PayProp is an automated payment and reconciliation...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

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

We have some exciting news for all estate and lettings agents and property enthusiasts. We've produced our first Industry Insights Report...

It is no secret that Prime Central London lettings offerings vary from the exquisite to the plain and ugly.  The exquisite boasting...

In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...

You might recall a collective sigh of relief emitted by stakeholders in the housing market and private rental sector back in...

It would seem that now is a better time than ever for investors to join the buy-to-let market.  The Royal Institute of...

This month it was announced that Landbay mortgage lenders will release a new rental Index, alongside Zoopla and data-modelling experts MIAC.  The...

The Centre for Economics and Business Research, a leading consultancy, says the drought in properties on the market is pushing up...

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...

Fracking could reduce house prices by as much as seven per cent and make homes harder to sell because of traffic...

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...

London house prices rose year-on-year at a figure of more than 18% in 2014, with the Metropolitan area experiencing similarly huge...

With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...