There are over 200 amendments to the Renters Reform Bill having its Third Reading in the Commons today. PropTech supplier Goodlord has...
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National Landlord Investment Show has announced that the former Leader of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith,...
16 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Specialist investment lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to urge customers to make their properties more energy-efficient...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year. The analysis, carried out by...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark. With 19 council licensing schemes and...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest Rental Index from PropTech supplier Goodlord has recorded a rent rise and a reduction in void lengths over the...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, designed to give landlords more protection, have won the backing of a prominent industry figure. Neil Cobbold,...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The housing minister and the chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association are amongst 60 speakers named for an upcoming...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The year of proptech The proptech revolution has been a long time coming but I think that 2024 will the year in...
16 December 2023
From: Agent Advice
Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new rental website which claims to list “all available homes for young people in one place” has raised well over...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Housr, a student living start-up, says it’s started its second year by adding 45,000 properties to its platform ahead of the...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Buried in the small print of the Autumn Statement paperwork is a boost for digital technology and PropTech. In the documentation released...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rents saw an autumn dip in October, following three months of rapidly escalating prices across England. According to PropTech firm Goodlord the...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A new rental property listings platform - called Krispyhouse - allows landlords and tenants to communicate directly, without letting agents acting...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with landlords. The...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Politicians meeting at party conferences this week are being urged to listen to property professionals before setting policies about the private...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Over half of letting agents say they are uncertain as to whether they want to remain in their jobs for the...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of thousands of landlords, agents and tenants has provided new evidence of buy to let investors quitting in droves. Over...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association is moving into PropTech by providing a platform for safety compliance and one for managing aspects...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his criticism of the government for failing to put flesh on the bones of the Renters...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A currently low-profile service that helps landlords manage portfolios or even sell their properties to tenants says it’s raised a big...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
July was a record breaking month for the rental market, claims a PropTech company. Goodlord analyses tens of thousands of completed tenancies...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A small poll of 100 letting agents by PropTech firm Goodlord has revealed that a strong majority believe the current pressures...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
New AI-powered products targeting Airbnb landlords have been launched by property management service GuestReady. They are integrated into the company's existing Property...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm claims that its research shows a third of tenants have not seen fire safety certificates or information about...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Another PropTech innovation claims it will disrupt part of the rental market - this time, the student accommodation sector. Housemates Connect API...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A tech platform claims to have developed a means of optimising energy costs on landlords’ voids. When rental properties are empty and...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...
19 April 2023
From: Breaking News
As landlords face losses as high as £7,500 this year – thanks to increased mortgage and living costs alongside a tax overhaul...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
After a hectic period of rent rises it appears that the lettings market is at a standstill according to PropTech firm...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading figure in the PropTech sector wants this week’s Budget to provide more funding for local council enforcement of rental...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The rental market is firing on all cylinders again according to the latest market snapshot from PropTech firm Goodlord. It says void...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors’ latest Residential Market Survey made for gloomy reading for many in the property market –...
18 February 2023
From: Lettings PropTech
An accreditation scheme has produced a free-to-use tool aimed at landlords seeking to make their residential properties more energy efficient and...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A new survey by PropTech firm Goodlord has the unsurprising conclusion that the biggest worry for tenants is that their rent...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The rental market remained relatively steady in recent weeks, according to the latest index from PropTech firm Goodlord. Void periods have remained...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being hit with record fines as growing numbers of local councils launch licensing schemes. PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors council...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
An accountancy expert claims that inflation and rising rents could push more landlords over the £10,000 threshold for Making Tax Digital. Currently...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
An online platform is launching to match people with space to let with tenants in need - but no rent will...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Digital challenger bank Tandem has launched a new platform that allows people to check the EPCs of their or other properties,...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The intense heat felt across the lettings market over recent months appears to have cooled a little according to the latest...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the highest profile figures in the lettings industry says the apparent inaction by government over rental reform gives an...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
September saw the highest average rental costs ever recorded by Goodlord, according to the PropTech firm’s latest index. With the previous record...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...
01 October 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
More enforcement is required if the government is to introduce the scale of reforms it has called for in its recent...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
GetGround - which until now has been a service to help landlords form companies - has launched GetProperty, a service guiding...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords risk being overwhelmed and deterred by the volume of changing legislation surrounding the private rental sector, a PropTech entrepreneur warns. Jonathan...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firms Goodlord and Voich have released the findings of their annual State of the Lettings Industry survey. Some 2,600 agents, landlords...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The average cost of rent across England dipped one per cent during August, taking prices down to a national average of...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Voids hit what has been described as an historic low in recent weeks, according to PropTech firm Goodlord. It says the average...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A digital platform that claims it will “finally bring renting into the modern age” says it has secured £4.5m in funding. A...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech companies Goodlord and Vouch have come together to call for input for their State Of The Lettings Industry report. And with...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Rents rose by an average of 2.8 per cent during June, taking the average cost of a rental property in England...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier Inventorybase has drawn up a league table of what it calls the private rental sector’s most complained about issues. After...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords considering new build properties to enlarge their portfolios may get more of a bargain than they expected. New data from the...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Property owners who have a building or disused piece of land by a high traffic road can make a significant profit...
11 June 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
Two respected figures in the lettings sector want landlords and tenants to consider the future of the eviction process. Paul Shamplina -...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The long Jubilee Weekend celebration may be almost upon us but landlords are being urged respond to a major property tax...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech company which aims its products at landlords, claim that over 600,000 landlords are breaking the rules when it comes...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform says it’s giving landlords the opportunity to spread their management fees and marketing costs across the duration of...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new PropTech link up pledges to be a win-win for agents, landlords and tenants. Muuvo, a platform which is free to...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Canopy says four out of five tenants have never missed a rent payment and that this should give them...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new version of PropTech platform Yuno claims to solve the problem of how a landlord should decide what is the...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings market snapshot prepared each month by PropTech firm Goodlord claims there has been a dramatic rise in the typical...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Looking after rental property is more complicated and more important than it was 20 years ago according to a leading lettings...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are many people’s favourite pantomime villains, on the hunt to hike rents and squeeze profits. The reality, however, is proven...
09 April 2022
From: The Big Issues
A lettings platform that operates for female tenants has announced enhancements to its service. Her Roomies differentiates itself by being a female-focused...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a big rise in rents in the past month according to PropTech supplier Goodlord. They are now at their highest...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech supplier Canopy has launched a new service to help tenants affected by the pandemic. Last year Canopy was awarded a grant...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar tomorrow. David Smith,...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A fledgling trade group its holding an online PropTech conference later this month. The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech firm Kamma says 11 new discretionary licensing schemes for landlords are set to launch in April - a record. This is the...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Buy to let is complicated - and getting more so by the week, as regulations and restrictions abound. Keeping track of this,...
05 March 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Auction House London has sold the highest number of lots in one sale in over a year, at its first auction...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A rental app which was pitched to landlords and tenants as “making renting a seamless and transparent experience” appears to have...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A new fixed-rate platform has been launched that says it will save landlords thousands of pounds in management fees. Rentd claims to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Portfolio Landlords Action Network - PLAN - is to hold its first tech exhibition with five companies explaining their benefits...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s a familiar story from PropTech supplier Goodlord as it releases its latest rental market snapshot - a lack of stock...
04 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A council is to unveil its latest initiatives for landlords via a webinar. West Berkshire council will be running a virtual landlord...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A personal finance app says it’s teamed up with a new technology firm to provide a service helping landlords prepare for...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The New Year is typically a time for people to take stock of their finances and ensure that they’re on strong...
15 January 2022
From: Top tips & guides
An accountancy firm is holding a free webinar for landlords and other property investors to look east ongoing changes to tax...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A new PropTech platform that claims to make buy to let investment simpler, faster and more accessible than ever before, is...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords fearing a fall in income and a rise in voids over the festive period have nothing to fear - it...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A high profile PropTech entrepreneur has come out against the scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Alexander Siedes, chief executive and...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...