The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one of every tenancy. Instead, agents and landlords should check before the tenancy begins - but not necessarily on day one. That’s the...
Earlier this week ARLA branded local councils pursuing private rental licensing during the pandemic as “socially irresponsible” - but one of the country’s largest local authorities has chosen to ignore the warning. Manchester’s Labour council has just started a public...
A letting agency comparison website is offering a free month of landlord leads - so long as agents try a Vegan diet. Rentround insists there are no payment details required and there will be no obligation to sign up to the platform after the trial. The...
London’s mass transit service, Transport for London, has won consent for 853 homes at a huge scheme in the west of the capital. Most of the homes in Acton will be for rent, although some will be sold as shared ownership too. The scheme stretches from Acton Town...
A charity claims that young people under 25 in full-time work across England are unable to afford privately rented accommodation anywhere in the country. The research - conducted by the Yorkshire Building Society for the End Youth Homelessness charity - says...
Data from PropTech platform SpareRoom suggests that London’s typical room rent has dropped further, this time in response to the new variant of Coronavirus which has deterred tenants. SpareRoom says average room rents in London fell eight per cent from £781 in the...
Propertymark has responded to the official consultation on the government proposals called Energy Performance of Privately Rented Homes in England and Wales - and it says it's worried councils may not be up to enforcing the rules. The government wants all new...
The rental market in Manchester is booming with more growth likely over the next five years says one of the city’s lettings agencies. Bentley Hurst’s December Manchester Property Index shows rental enquiries up 22 per cent over the course of 2020, and rental values...
ARLA Propertymark has hit out at a growing number of local councils introducing licensing schemes, calling it “socially irresponsible” to do this during the pandemic. “This is because in these unprecedented times landlords and agents are not able to comply with the...
EweMove - one of several agency titles owned by The Property Franchise Group - has incorporated three High Street operations run by other TPFG brands. EweMove Stamford & Spalding has bought Whitegates Stamford and acquired their lettings portfolio of more...
