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![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![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...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why Scrap Section 21? Possession cases are plummeting anyway...](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Generation Rent leader to speak at ARLA Propertymark conference](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenancy Disputes: Resolution system could avoid court last resort](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Industry anger as Budget ignores private rental sector](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents slam calls for mandatory register for all landlords](/upload/images/library/ARLA-PropertyMark-400x310.jpg)
Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand slows but it’s still a record for Autumn](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has released its latest lettings market snapshot showing demand reducing - but even so still being a record for...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Thank you Michael Gove! Propertymark welcomes arrears fund](/upload/images/library/PropertyManagement-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has taken the unusual step of thanking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and the Communities for the...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government reveals rent arrears package for tenants in England](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...
23 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![New Boiler Ban: Letting agents put the heat on government](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BOXTBoilerInstallation-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Help London’s rental sector - agent’s plea to government](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents demand funds to clamp down on rogue operators](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310.jpg)
ARLA Propertymark is calling on the government to properly fund local authorities so they can combat rogue operators in the private...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Cut Us Some Slack! Politicians told to stop demonising letting agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Voids fall sharply - but there's a warning they shouldn't fall further](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Big Bad Agents - Airbnb lets may backfire on landlords, says ARLA](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
The letting agents’ trade body has issued a warning to landlords that short lets may provide quick profits - but they...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eviction Notice Rumpus - agents hint that politicians are out of touch](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Low rental supply pushes demand and rental increases to record highs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/uk-housing400x310.png)
Record demand and low levels of supply have pushed the number of tenants experiencing rental increases to new highs, lettings agents...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
!['Drugs, booby-traps and rentals' – an expanding issue for agents?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents give new warning on costs of pets in rental property](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(2)-400x310-min.jpeg)
ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls - agents warn politicians against hasty change](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand is officially highest on record, say letting agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310.jpg)
The scale of demand in the private rental sector is now the highest on record according to ARLA Propertymark. The average number...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Do you have questions about deposit disputes](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/DPS_Computer_share/DPS%20call%20centre%20worker%20360x280.jpg)
Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...
02 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Heat easing in rental market - but still a record month](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
The latest rental market snapshot released by ARLA Propertymark shows a little of the heat coming out of the rental market...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Interview with Maxine Fothergill, ARLA President](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...
28 July 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Free up time by automating Right To Rent checks, agents urged](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour and Generation Rent join forces again for rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Keep wearing facemasks after July 19, ARLA Propertymark tells agents](/img/default/lat.png)
New guidance has been issued to agents as the government confirms that most remaining Coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted from...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents hit back at Labour Mayor’s demand for rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents give qualified support radical overhaul of rental sector in NI](/img/default/lat.png)
Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ body backs controversial £10m tenant support scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark is backing a controversial scheme allocating £10m of taxpayers’ money to assist tenants with Covid-related arrears. The Tenancy Hardship Grant...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![New ARLA President aims to boost profile of lettings’ trade body](/img/default/lat.png)
The new President of the lettings side of Propertymark says her aim is to lift the profile of the organisation amongst...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings front-liners to speak about agency qualifications](/img/default/lat.png)
Two front line success stories in the lettings agency industry are to address a webinar on the importance of qualifications. Megan Eighteen...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government told to 'big up' agents role in helping fix rental repairs](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another record-breaking month for tenant demand, agents say](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s still no sign of a lettings market slowdown according to the latest report from ARLA Propertymark. It says that the average...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents highlight their role in educating tenants about rights](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark says letting agents have a vital role to play in highlighting the rights of private rental sector tenants. The comment...