A survey of over 730 property professionals has found that 76% believe the introduction of technology has changed the UK property market for the better.

That proportion believe the market is now more efficient for buying and selling, while 70% believe technology has made the experience for buyers and sellers more…

A lettings agency set up by a council to buy properties on the open market and let them at open market rents has failed.

Reading’s Labour council blames “changes to local authority lending rules, the housing market, interest rates on borrowing, and other external factors have in recent years affected the…

Leading property website Zoopla has delivered strong results for letting agents in the run-up to the busiest time of year for the lettings industry.

Zoopla’s rental leads per listing are currently up 26% compared to the pre-election period. It also has more rental listings than any other portal in key areas…

Knight Frank has set out its forecast for the rental sector for the rest of 2024 – notwithstanding political uncertainty.

In the mainstream UK market, annual growth was 8.6% in July and falling, which means it should end the year close to Knight Frank’s 6% forecast.

In Prime Central London the agency…

A council has taken over powers for enforcement in the private rental sector – and it’s started off with a warning to letting agents.

North Yorkshire council says it is clamping down on what it describes as “poor private housing standards, inadequate management of private housing and the enforcement of various…

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of £558 for the least energy efficient homes.

Rightmove’s monthly energy bills tracker shows that the rise of 10% means someone living in a home with an Energy Performance Certificate rating…