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To let sign outside a house with smartphone showing rental listing marked as scam

Rental scams increasing as landlords sell up warns estate agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Rental scams are on the rise as supply dwindles ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act, claims an estate agent. Essex...

Checklist being ticked in red next to Renters’ Rights Act text, symbolising new compliance requirements for letting agents

Rightmove updates tools for letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 4 weeks ago | 0

Rightmove is updating its tools for letting agents to help landlords ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force...

Model house in a shopping cart with coins and keys, symbolizing first-time homebuyer reforms

Labour announces major overhaul of homebuying system to cut costs and delays

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2025, 7 months ago | 9

The Labour government has announced the biggest shake-up to the homebuying system in decades. Under the proposals, which aim to...

Businessman pushing another businessman off a white box ledge with the words non compliance

Property Redress boots out 48 agents over consumer disputes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Between May and October 2024, Property Redress removed 48 letting and estate agents from its scheme due to persistent non-compliance....

Estate agents back Rightmove’s call for stamp duty extension

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2025, 1 year ago | 1

Estate agents are lining up behind Rightmove in urging the government to extend the existing stamp duty relief thresholds. According...

Rising house prices with stamp duty deadline approaching

House prices rise as stamp duty deadline approaches

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2025, 1 year ago | 0

The average asking price for properties entering the market has risen by 0.5% this month, reaching £367,994, according to Rightmove. ...

Houses with “For Sale” signs symbolizing the UK property market surge in early 2025

26,000 homes hit the market in the first week of 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Nearly 26,000 new homes have hit the market in 2025, with Bristol experiencing the biggest increase in for-sale stock levels,...

Estate agent executive commenting on government housing policies

Agents fear Chancellor could stall housing market recovery

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Estate agents across the UK are worried that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ upcoming Budget could derail the recent recovery in the...

To let sign outside a residential property reflecting changing BTL mortgage rates

Rightmove and OpenRent U-turn in partnership shock

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th August 2024, 2 years ago | 0

An announcement last night (8 August) has upended Tuesday’s announcement that Rightmove had severed ties with OpenRent. The property portal...

Gazundering on the rise as homebuyers gain power in a cooling market

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Homebuyers are increasingly using a tactic called gazundering to secure a lower price for their property purchase, according to Google...

Property sales plummet in England and Wales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd June 2023, 3 years ago | 1

There has been a 58% drop in property sales across England and Wales in the past year, research reveals. The...

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Below Market Value Agent Advertised Misleading House Prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Estate agents quoting misleading below-market-value home sale prices have been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)...

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