A Burnley estate agent claims the town is undeservedly picking up bad press as one of the cheapest and worst places to live in Britain. Read more

Residents living near universities are embroiled in rows over falling housing standards, noise and anti-social behaviour. Read more

Student accommodation in London is in hot demand and it is pushing up rents. Read more

Councillors in York seem to be operating a two-track approach to controlling student accommodation with planning restraints. Read more

Landlords are pocketing hundreds of pounds a night by letting out houses and flats to drunken stag and hen revellers for wild parties. Read more

Mortgage brokers and financial advisers can earn £100 commission for referring landlords to an online letting agents. Read more

Local councils are setting up letting agencies to manage buy to let properties for landlords. Read more

The managing director of a council-run letting agency has hit back at complaints from rivals about professional standards and undercutting of fees. Read more

Letting agent Castledene Group is swallowing another firm as the owners pursue a policy of expansion by acquisition in the northeast. Read more

Letting agents and property investors have teamed up to force a council in to a rethink over proposals to take on extra powers to reform HMO standards and management. Read more