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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow.  “As Gas Safety Week...

A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...

Two new managers have been appointed by Yorkshire agency Dacre, Son & Hartley, as the firm’s lettings division continues to expand. Nadia...

Hostmaker, an Airbnb management company, has appointed ex-Chestertons manager Bradley Bartlett as its new head of corporate lets.  Bartlett, who was previously...

  Agency Express says there has been a bounce in the number of new lettings listings across the UK.   Following unusually slow activity...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...

A Scarborough buy to let investor has been found guilty of two offences under the Housing Act 2004 for non-compliance with...

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents.   Some 42 per...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,.    It says thousands...

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

Letting agents are being reminded of the importance of independent and professionally compiled inventories for individual students as they start or...

Yields from buy to let in the UK are now amongst the worst in Europe according to a new league table drawn...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

Rents in the UK rose by an average of 2.4 per cent during August - the highest rate of annual growth...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

Belvoir is reporting a record year for franchise license renewals in 2017 with 34 offices across the country celebrating a collective...

A former letting agent from Kettering has been ordered to pay a confiscation order of over £1m made under the Proceeds...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

Some 61 per cent of chartered surveyors believe there will be a net exodus of landlords over the coming year thanks...

A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges.    Back in 2015 Camden...

The buy to let market risks becoming a car crash following the changes of lending rules for so-called portfolio landlords with...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

The local authority in Islington, north London, is attempting to close what it calls a loophole concerning private rental property and...

Letting agents have been accused of failing to carry out sufficient financial checks on prospective tenants.    Tenant referencing and insurance operator Landlord...

Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...

Hallmark, which has been working with agents and property management firms for over a decade, has formally launched its new name...

As applications from EU students to UK universities fall for the first time in six years, an over-supply of purpose-built student...

The number of new buy to let mortgages available to investors has hit 1,725 - its highest point since 1,942 products...

The Residential Landlords Association has secured a £1.5m funding pot from energy company E.ON - the only such funding dedicated solely...

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...

Over a third of private landlords with tenants receiving Universal Credit say they are now in rent arrears, up by over...

Bob Parry Lettings, a north Wales agency, has removed a claim from its website concerning a plot of land, following a...

The head of an estate and lettings agency has been expelled from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after admitting taking...

Carter Jonas has reported a record quarter across its lettings business in the period to August 2017. In London turnover was up...

LSL Property Services’ new consultancy and management service for the Build To Rent sector - PRSim - has teamed up with...

A buy to let investor who kept 24 adults and children in what a local council calls “appalling conditions” has a...

The number of landlords has fallen over the last two years despite a rise in supply of homes available to rent,...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...

Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...

Average rents for newly-let property across Great Britain rose to £954 per month in August, reflecting a 1.6 per cent annual...

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston.   Truro Crown Court...

A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector.    The volunteers...

A survey for online letting agency Upad claims that 66 per cent of landlords are not going to change their property...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

Graduates sharing in London spend upwards of 45 per cent of their monthly take home pay on accommodation according to a...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...