ARLA is the best known of the agency bodies to landlords. But only a handful have ever heard of SAFEagent – underlining the need for ongoing publicity among consumers...

A bid has been made to the Government for £250,000 funding to create apprenticeships within the lettings industry. The bid has been launched by one of the founder firms behind SAFEagent, Northwood...

Belvoir Lettings, the franchise network which recently listed on AIM, says it met or exceeded all its performance targets for last year. The company – the only stand-alone lettings firm to be publicly listed – raised revenue from £3...

The council aiming to be the first authority in England and Wales where every single private rental property is licensed has announced its first milestone, with the blanket licensing of one complete ward...

Property investors remain positive about the outlook for the buy-to-let market. According to the latest Landlord Survey conducted by specialist lender CHL Mortgages, nearly three-quarters (71%) of respondents are positive about the prospects for the buy-to-let market, with only 5% feeling negative...

SAFEagent is not in competition with ARLA and has no plans to dispense with the services of NALS as its administrator, SAFEagent chairman John Midgley has said...

A letting agent has discovered that private landlords across its region are increasingly in breach of the law. It is also calling for its competitors to sign up to the SAFEagent scheme...

Public sector cuts mean that councils can no longer afford to crack down on rogue landlords. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health did a survey of local authorities, which uncovered a falling number of prosecutions of bad landlords...