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£7k fines per mistake: agents warned over hidden Renters' Rights exposure

Alto launches free Renters' Rights Risk Calculator as compliance gaps threaten to scale across portfolios

London, April 2026 — Estate and letting agents could be exposed to fines of up to £7,000 per breach under the Renters' Rights Act , rising to £40,000 for repeat offences, with many at risk of unknowingly breaching the new rules from 1st May.

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9 top tips to make your property irresistible to homebuyers

New insight from My Home Move Conveyancing , provides valuable advice for sellers who want to get their homes in tip top shape before going to market and presenting them to prospective buyers.

My Home Move Conveyancing has produced nine essential tips for sellers who want to be buyer ready, giving themselves the best chance of securing a great buyer and a great price.

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UK has the slowest global property selling timeline

Market insight from Material Information and digital property pack provider, Moverly , reveals that the UK has the slowest home moving timeline among 12 global nations. But what is causing the market to be so slow?

Moverly has analysed the average time it takes to sell a home in 12 countries, countries that UK citizens often choose to emigrate to.

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Downsizers release 340,000 bedrooms per year into the UK housing market

Downsizers are helping to ease the housing crisis by putting an average of 343,000 bedrooms a year back onto the UK housing market, according to new data analysis from over-50's property specialists, Quickmove Properties ,

Quickmove Properties has estimated how many property sales downsizers accounted for in the UK in 2023* and, using additional data collected in a recent downsizer...

Major sporting venues bring gold for buy-to-let investors

The latest market insight from London's largest lettings and sales estate agent brand*, Foxtons , has revealed that rental properties within arm's reach of one of the capital's major sporting venues are putting in a stronger performance for buy-to-let investors when compared to the boroughs in which they are located.

Foxtons analysed current market data on both rental and house price...

Homeowners continue to face higher rate of inflation

The latest analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed that while topline inflation (CPI), the Government's main measure of inflation for macroeconomic management purposes, may have eased to 2.2%, the ONS headline measure of inflation (CPIH) which includes costs associated with owning, maintaining and living in a home, remains much higher at 3.1%.

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Public sector driving growth across the lending landscape

The latest analysis by specialist lending experts, Rangewell , has revealed that it's the public administration sector that is one of the key sectors driving growth across the lending landscape, having seen a 26.7% increase in the monthly amount outstanding from UK monetary financial institutions.

Rangewell analysed the latest Bank of England figures* looking at industrial analysis...

Landlords face a £24bn bill to make rental properties more energy efficient

New research from leading property technology provider Reapit reveals that an estimated 2.7 million rental properties across Great Britain will need to be retrofitted with some form of energy efficiency measure, to hit new government EPC targets by 2030.

Reapit reviewed a representative sample of rental properties managed using its platform to estimate how many properties currently...

Prime London remains a buyers market

The latest research London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves , has revealed which areas of the prime London market are leading the charge when it comes to the highest rate of annual house price growth, as the average price achieved per square foot remains down -2.7% across the top tier of the capital's market as a whole.

Benham and Reeves analysed house price data from...

Harry Parker joins Lanpro’s London office as EIA Technical Director

Harry Parker has joined Lanpro’s London office as EIA Technical Director.

Harry is a consultant with 17 years’ experience within Environmental Impact Assessments and related work. He joins Lanpro from Enviroguide (part of the DNV group) in Ireland where he was Technical Director and EIA division lead, specialising on residential and renewable developments.

Prior to that, he...

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