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![Ending S21 is fine says leading agent - but safeguards needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![No details of Renters Rights Bill until October - expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Rayner: we want agency regulation, mandatory qualifications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![ARLA agent leaders revealed by Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has named its new ARLA leaders for the year ahead. They are: - Vice President ARLA Propertymark: Kim Lidbury; - Vice President NAEA...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the new President of ARLA Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark. She says her role as President...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Challenge - Tories pledge 'no change' but will Labour follow?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
The housing market has suddenly become a major part of the General Election campaign as a result of a challenge thrown...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The magic word that wins landlord clients - ex-ARLA chief explains](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A lettings expert is advising agents that “congruence” is key to successful acquisition of landlord clients. Former ARLA Propertymark president and the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents berated for boring and useless ‘Free Valuations’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
A prominent lettings expert and former president of ARLA Propertymark has berated agents who advertise ‘free valuations.’ Sally Lawson, now well known...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Business Boosting Benefits promised at latest Agent Rainmaker event](/upload/images/shutterstock_556632958.jpg)
An industry online event which organisers claim bring business-boosting benefits to attendees, is back for another year. The ARX Mastery Challenge is...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Bootcamp claims to have won agents £62m in additional revenue](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
Agent Rainmaker’s bootcamp for letting agents returns next month. The four day event is run by former ARLA President and Agent Rainmaker...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings agency chain sets minimum qualification goal](/upload/images/shutterstock_695871199.jpg)
Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Third of agents seeing rent rises even at weakest time of year](/upload/images/shutterstock_180368474.jpg)
Over a third of ARLA Propertymark members reported in December that rental prices have increased, according to their latest Housing Insight...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Major agency group signs deal with deposit alternative supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group. Andrews branches will be able to...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Unique lettings agent motivation event scores award success](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Artificial Intelligence and Client Money Security - free webinar tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Propertymark is hosting a client money security webinar tomorrow lunchtime between 12.30 and 13.30. The webinar will discuss the rise of Artificial...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill won’t take effect until late 2024 at the earliest](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Breaches of tenant data must be taken more seriously by agents - ARLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously. The call comes...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings and Build To Rent experts head ARLA chief’s speaker list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
The president elect of ARLA Propertymark has created a comprehensive list of female experts in different property disciplines. Angharad Trueman, Group Lettings...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Seasonal trends return to lettings market after ‘unusual’ recent years](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The chief executive of Propertymark says seasonal trends are returning to the housing market after several ‘unusual’ years. Nathan Emerson says: “In...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Insurance Register must be free to use to help rental sector - ARLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-2-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![ARLA agent is new head of Experts In Property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
It’s all change for a regional agents’ group which has announced a new chair and new directors. Cornwall-based former estate agent Steve...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agents urged to use webinars to keep up with compliance issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Sally Lawson of Agent Rainmaker writes: Online information sessions are a vital way to network with landlords and showcase your expertise. That’s what...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark repeats industry’s big day - only bigger still](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark has pencilled in June 14 2024 as the date for its second Propertymark One event. Last summer’s event,...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency adds £1m to revenue through diversification](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NB%20-%20M%26P%20March%20blog%201%20-%20No%20budget%20boost%20from%20the%20Chancellor%20but%20it's%20not%20all%20doom%20and%20gloom.jpg)
A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New support helpline opens for ARLA Propertymark members](/upload/images/shutterstock_1343411174.jpg)
Propertymark is introducing a new dedicated Lettings Helpline for ARLA members in England and Wales. Until now Propertymark has provided members with access...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Advice for letting agents now seeing 10 times number of calls](/upload/images/shutterstock_712414813.jpg)
An ex-ARLA supremo says technology is the best way for letting agents to cope with a huge rise in telephone calls. ARLA...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alternative agents trade body to ARLA claims record membership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The UK Association of Letting Agents says it now has a record membership of 1,200. UKALA describes itself as “a professional association...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb Regulation - councils should control short lets, agents tell government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency celebrates quartet of qualified staff and ARLA members](/upload/images/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers has successfully qualified a further four members of staff and funded their membership of ARLA Propertymark. The four...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Help Us! Dramatic plea from ARLA agents' boss to government](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark shows a familiar story for the lettings sector. It says that in June the number...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rebranded Knight Frank team launch new lettings service](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark reveals new ARLA leader and other top table names](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Propertymark has revealed its latest top table of elected and unelected spokespeople forming its new leadership team. The new chair of the...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![ARLA qualifications on offer via agency apprenticeship scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings guru leads online teach-in about Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Agents wanting to get to grips with the Renters Reform Act are invited to a learning webinar hosted by Rightmove. It’s at...
30 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - politicians demand series of extra restrictions](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark adds well known PropTech name to supplier list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Propertymark has added inspection and 360° tour software provider Inventory Hive to its industry supplier list. Jason Lee, commercial manager at Propertymark,...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry leader takes over as lettings director of national chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
High profile Propertymark lettings expert Angharad Trueman is joining Andrews agency as group lettings director. Trueman has been in the property industry...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark gives green light to free Rightmove training](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgent-400x310.png)
Propertymark has recognised the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Lettings Agents (CELA) offered by Rightmove. Both Propertymark and its training arm...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Use Insta Reels and TikTok - new advice to letting agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Social%20Media/video400x310.jpg)
A lettings guru is calling on agents to embrace social media trends in order to reach new audiences. Agent Rainmaker uses Reels...
25 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government must step in to help boost supply - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Propertymark’s ARLA President is calling on the government to intervene to help boost the flagging stock of rental properties. The call, by...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina leads lettings forum at Propertymark extravaganza](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank spin-off plans to become national agency brand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
An estate agency formed by ex-Knight Frank staff says it plans to roll out nationwide. North Residential, a Harrogate firm which rebranded...
01 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Breakaway agency plans three new offices a year in massive growth plan](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Three months after becoming an independent estate agency, North Residential has opened a second branch. The new office - in Pocklington, East...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Revolution Tomorrow - new contracts issued for lettings agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...
30 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark chiefs jet to Florida to “reaffirm links” with US realtors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/america400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark President David Votta and Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson are amongst a group of trade body figures who have...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental reform is the big debate at agents’ annual conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Conference-400x310.png)
The details of the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill will be the main focus of the Propertymark annual conference in Belfast...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Industry chief’s guide for agents setting up a marketing database](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/FemaleInvestor2-400x310-min.jpeg)
A high profile lettings expert says agents should use marketing databases in order to grow business. Agent Rainmaker’s Sally Lawson says that...
16 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Converting let-only landlords should be agents’ top priority - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
A prominent lettings agent says educating landlords about the need to use agents should be the industry’s number one priority. Agent Rainmaker...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Private rental sector lacks incentives to hit Net Zero - agents](/upload/images/library/EPCRating-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark says it’s a strong fan of New Zero ambitions but warns that the private rental sector needs incentives to...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents can now get qualifications through Rightmove](/upload/images/library/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Agents can now sign up to register their interest in Rightmove’s new qualification, the Level 3 Certificate for Estate and Letting...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Switch to short lets “catastrophic” for long term rentals - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![At Last! - gradual rise in supply but not enough to stop rent rises](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BalgoresHousePrices.jpg)
The latest report from ARLA Propertymark shows that at last the average number of properties available for rent per agency branch...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lion’s Den! Rent control advocate to speak at letting agents’ conference](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Conference-Stock-400x310.jpg)
The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bootcamp to focus on adding fire and revenue to agents’ businesses](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopment-2-400x310.jpg)
A bootcamp which claims to help agents add up to £1m revenue to their business is to return this summer. The Agent...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Beefed Up Property Details - industry bosses back call for Material Information](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AgentsWindow-1-400x310.jpg)
Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Apprenticeships success leads to key award for lettings chief](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
The agency operated by the immediate past president of ARLA Propertymark has received a government award for its work with apprentices. Maxine...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conservative lettings agent lets rip at government over regulation delays](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
The former president of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government for failing to regulate the agency industry. Maxine...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on politicians to relax proposed eviction rules change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla lettings gurus put forward rental register idea](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Maxine Fothergill, who has just completed her year as President of ARLA Propertymark, is the latest recruit to Zoopla’s Lettings Advisory...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reforms must ease shortage of supply - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
The agents’ trade association Propertymark says the government’s high-profile rental sector reforms should address the continuing shortage of supply. Propertymark chief executive...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![ARLA reveals new President to take Propertymark position](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
David Votta from the Kent-based Votta Sales and Lettings has been revealed as the new ARLA Propertymark President. He has been in...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla backs rental reforms despite agents’ reservations](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla - which in recent years has gone out of its way to win agent support - has come out strongly...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Change on the agenda for leading inventory clerks’ trade association](/upload/images/Logos/aiic-logo400x310.png)
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it’s going to propose evolutionary changes at its upcoming annual general meeting. This will include...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn Boris Johnson: “Stop punishing the private rental sector”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
A new survey is a warning the government that it must stop forcing landlords out of the private rental sector by...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Chief executive pledges to protect agent’s interests in new role](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Angels%20Sales%20%26%20Lettings%20-%20Client%20Money%20Protection%20-%20what%20do%20landlords%20need%20to%20know.png)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don’t delay Renters Reform Bill again - agents warn government](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is warning the government that it should not delay further on its long-awaited Renters Reform Bill, because of the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove Boss: is Britain’s top Lettings Guru in line for job?](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Listing changes explained in agent webinar next week](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![ARLA slams “tenant centric” approach to rental sector reform](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Your Chance - Tell the BBC the private rental sector is under attack!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government has “blatant disregard for renting” says angry industry chief](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
The chief executive of ARLA Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “blatant disregard...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents fight back in row over quality of private rental stock and repairs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Handcuffs400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![How should letting agents generate and handle reviews?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
Sally Lawson - letting agent and ARLA President, business owner and franchiser - runs Agent Rainmaker, which aims to optimise agents’...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax: ARLA reminds agents to claim relief on membership fees](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Agents have been reminded they can claim tax relief on the membership fees they pay to professional bodies that are approved...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Massively more demand than supply continues to dominate market](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
The great imbalance between tenant demand and available stock continues, according to the latest market snapshot from ARLA Propertymark. In February, Propertymark...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Politicians warned - don’t fix a lettings system that isn’t broken](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Tax Hikes: Agents slam politicians for failing to understand effect](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has slammed politicians who appear to have ignored a public consultation and gone ahead with draconian changes affecting second...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector energy crisis as average bills may hit £3,000 per year](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove slammed by agents over cladding comments](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
The criticism by landlords aimed at Housing Secretary Michael Gove for some of his comments regarding the cladding issue, has now...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency training success for five staff with four more to come](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/Staff-Recruitment-Image-400x310.jpg)
A north of England lettings agency has successfully qualified five members of its staff through The Able Agent training programme. The agency...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![New Listings Requirements - lettings supremo welcomes compulsory changes](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
Theresa Wallace, the chair of The Lettings Industry Council, has given her backing to compulsory changes to rental property listings introduced...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Who’s going to police new higher standards for rental sector?](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has identified a key weakness in the government’s ambitious plans to reform the private rental sector as part of...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents' plea for new landlords to replace those quitting](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentsUp400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark is warning that new landlords must be drafted in to the private rental sector to replace those exiting in...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Memo to government: Slash stamp duty surcharge to get more rental units](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
Politicians who express concern over the number of holiday lets and Airbnbs in tourist areas miss one major point - if...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![ARLA President lifts the lid on Propertymark and careers for agents](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark President Maxine Fothergill has lifted the lid on what is required of a letting agent holding that position in...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ex-ARLA chief lifts the lid on how Buy To Let was created 25 years ago](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents has lifted the lid on how buy to let came about,...
31 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leading trainer tells agents how to improve marketing strategy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
Former ARLA Propertymark president Sally Lawson, who now runs the Agent Rainmaker training service, has set out for Letting Agent Today...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Reform tax, Beef up rogues database - Agents demand radical rental reforms](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![No more red tape! - Agents warn government to get reform right](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is backing a call for the government to set a clear vision for how it sees the private rental...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents raise alarm over high cost EPC targets for rental sector](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency-2-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has fired a shot across the bows of the government as it aims to improve energy efficiency in the...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tell Tale Signs for agents to spot modern slavery victims](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has listed tell tale signs which letting agents should look for to spot incidents of modern day slavery. It says...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - highest and lowest rental stock as winter begins](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
The average number of new prospective tenants registered per branch fell in October to 71, from September’s figure of 83, according...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Quick! Tickets going fast for letting sector’s event of the year](/upload/images/Logos/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Alarms - Agents kickback against ‘day one checks’](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/smoke%20alarm.png)
Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms. Earlier this week the government...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Higher demand for car charging means government must do more](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
There’s been an increase in demand for rental properties with electric charging points for cars, according to ARLA Propertymark. The news has...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![ARLA Conference: Jabs or Covid tests mandatory if you want to attend](/upload/images/Coronavirus/Coronavirus4-400x310-min.jpeg)
ARLA has made it clear to attendees at next month’s Propertymark Conference and Exhibition in London that they must show proof...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warn politicians that investors could quit buy to let sector](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...