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The latest research from OnTheMarket has revealed the country’s fastest and slowest paced markets, naming buyers and sellers in Plymouth the quickest movers, with the waterfront city ranked the fastest location to sell a home last month. The first edition…

Ben Beadle The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has warned legislators against introducing rent controls, following research showing that a third of private sector landlords would sell properties they let if such measures were introduced. The data, compiled by the…

The majority of UK tenants are at the very limit of what experts believe is ‘affordable’, according to research by tenant and landlord services provider Canopy. The company’s second rental affordability index has analysed data from 46,000 employed renters among…

Average rental yields have reached a 10-year high of 6.3%, and 82% of landlords describe tenant demand as strong, according to the Q2 2024 Landlord Trends report, conducted by Pegasus Insight on behalf of Foundation Home Loans. The research, which…

Can you remember what life in estate agency was like before tech? Before online listings and portals, virtual showrounds and digital marketing? How did we cope without sophisticated CRM systems, data analytics, apps, AI and machine learning? We’ve witnessed an…

At the current pace of energy efficiency improvements, it will take landlords another 18 years to bring all privately rented homes in England and Wales up to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A to C, according to data…

Eleanor Bateman The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has sought to shed light on speculation that the government plans to introduce ‘French-style’ hardship tests to the landlord possession process. Hardship tests have been in place in France since 2008 and…

Alto, the Houseful-owned software system, now has 16 integration partners on Alto Marketplace. This enables agents to self-serve and activate proptech partner integrations in Alto. Agents can also customise their CRM to suit their needs and drive business efficiencies as…

The Law Society has warned that the housing crisis is growing, with more than 29,000 eviction claims leaving “tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes”. The Law Society’s warning comes as the Ministry of Justice published new figures…