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Local media in the Homes Counties report that two arrests were made after police were called by a lettings agency where...

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

Knight Frank says the plummeting rents in prime central London have at least managed to attract a surge in the number...

A leading tax expert is forecasting that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will duck making any changes to CGT in tomorrow’s Budget and...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

An MP who says no one should have to give up their pet to live in a rental property insists that...

Movinghub, the platform that showcases a range of home moving services, is now available on the Reapit Marketplace app. This new Marketplace...

One of the first franchisees for a new business model put forward by the Century 21 UK agency is a buy...

LSL Property Services has secured new banking arrangements with a £90m revolving credit facility in anticipation of what it calls “attractive...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

There’s been another fall in the proportion of new-builds sold off-plan. Data from Hamptons says 33 per cent of new home completions...

An analysis by investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests Asian students in particular favour London as a study location. The consultancy has...

A PropTech firm claims agents will win a “competitive edge” through the data it provides via its platform. Sprift says its interactive...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

Airbnb and other short let operators will be the first part of the rental sector to recover once the pandemic eases, it’s...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

A 24 month community order and 200 hours of unpaid work are the price being paid for an unlawful eviction.  Buy to...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

A trades union claims that lettings software provider Goodlord is slashing some staff salaries by a quarter - that’s £6,000 per...

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

The fall out from Coronavirus is forcing the rental market into a once in a lifetime change as tenants reassess priorities. This...

Deposit alternative provider flatfair says it’s set to make big announcements soon - and in the meantime it’s attracted a key...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

An agency says it has recently let 26 properties in one month without conducting any physical viewings. Oakwood Homes, operating in Kent,...

A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark members are invited to the association’s latest webinar tomorrow when chief policy advisor Mark Hayward takes centre...

A series of leading lettings agents have warned that the rental sector is set for significant change as the Coronavirus pandemic...

How did you get into property? My grandparents did some small property developments when I was growing up which always interested me,...

A survey by a personal finance service has identified the traditional premium for a city centre rental property, and attempts to...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued tips for agents and other industry professionals having to cope with working from home...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

The head of industry recruitment consultancy Property Personnel is calling on agencies to be more tolerant of the struggles working parents...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

What’s life-changing, involves months of anticipation, and ends with a big arrival? You might think we’re talking about pregnancy. But research...

A family-run lettings and sales agency has launched an employee of the year award in memory of a late colleague.   The...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

Propertymark is hosting a series of three webinars this month for agents wanting to hear the latest on legislating changes affecting...

Many agents will be closed on New Year’s Day - the last Bank Holiday for some months and at the start...

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

Airbnb has unveiled a set of restrictions which it is operating across the UK - and the rest of western Europe...

The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...

A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

Congratulations from all of us at Letting Agent Today to four students at Propertymark Qualifications who have attained a distinction in...

A warning has been issued by one of the most acquisitive letting agencies that future mergers and takeovers could be hit...

London’s lettings market may never return to its pre-pandemic appearance according to a flat-sharing rental platform. SpareRoom says 49 per cent of...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Rightmove is hosting a live webinar this morning to help agents protect and maintain mental health.  Agents will be able to watch live...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

The Advanced Rent Option, which allows licensed lettings agents to offer their landlords a year’s rent upfront as part of their...

PropTech provider Canopy is linking with a legal protection service which it says could enhance agents’ offer to landlords. If the tenant does...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

One of the largest Build To Rent operators in the country is reporting that the pandemic has had relatively minor effects...

The first part of a massive Build To Rent scheme from developer Lendlease is nearing completion at Elephant Park in the...

Agents have another 12 months to make referral fees more transparent according to an update from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting...

Online lettings company Monkey vs Owl - also known as MOVO - has expanded from a regional and mostly student service...

International investors dominate the high end London market says a new survey. Aston’s, a residency and citizenship consultancy, has analysed sold price records...

A lettings agency is marking its 15th anniversary with news that it now has over £100m worth of property in its portfolio. Berriman...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

The government is urging agents and landlords to be “considerate” when deciding whether to accept tenants on the basis of their...

Henry Adams Lettings in Bognor Regis has joined forces with AC Lettings, one of the largest and most successful independent lettings...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

A large-scale survey of private tenants has attempted to uncover what renters feel about the sector and their individual properties in...

Airbnb is undertaking a widespread social media campaign in the UK about its attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour and...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

A Conservative MP’s bid to ensure pets are allowed in private rental accommodation reaches its next stage in the New Year. Andrew Rosindell,...

The recent survey in Letting Agent Today on why many landlords didn’t use agents was interesting and informative. That only 42.5%...

The well-known Lenwell chain, with seven branches, has been acquired by the Leaders Romans Group.  Lenwell was established in 1990 with the...

A Green Party councillor has been refunded fees he and his partner were charged by a letting agency five years ago,...

Agents spend their whole careers telling vendors and landlords why they will be able to achieve a better sale price or...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

I was asked recently, how can an agent generate more landlord leads? Well that got me thinking, firstly, we have to...

Putting fingers to keyboard to create blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest job for agents, particularly when meetings, viewings and...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Countrywide’s latest trading statement covering the first half of 2020 shows it was hit more than most corporates by the market...

Letting agents are being invited to additional courses from TDS Academy online. The courses, offering Continuing Professional Development training virtually, look in particular...

Several pet charities are supporting an attempt by an MP to reform lettings regulations to permit more pets in private rental...

London Central Portfolio, an investment consultancy, says the capital’s prime central area is seeing a demographic change as younger British tenants...

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

The Guild of Property Professionals has set out what it thinks letting agents should be considering in the short, medium and...

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...

Automated lettings platform PlanetRent has agreed a partnership with another PropTech operator to offer virtual tours of rental properties. The partnership with...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

Later this week agents will have the opportunity to hear one of the industry’s leading consultants give advice on preparing for an...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

ARLA Propertymark has hit out against last minute attempts to effectively reinstate the eviction ban which finally came to an end...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

The government has accused campaign group Generation Rent of peddling “unreliable and misleading” figures about potential evictions in the private rental...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...

Ahead of the evictions ban being lifted on Sunday, ARLA Propertymark has written to Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, setting out a...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Lettings supplier Blinc UK has acquired a 50% stake in Pink Chilli, a new pre-tenancy software platform for letting agents. Pink Chilli...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

The Build To Rent specialist operator Wise Living has announced a new scheme in Lincolnshire being built in partnership with developer Seagate...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

Knight Frank says one week in August saw the lettings market in London and the Home Counties hit a 10 year...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

Charnwood council in the East Midlands is proposing to introduce two different licensing schemes for private landlords, with agents and others...

Media reports from Gateshead claim two brothers opened fire on a lettings agency with an air pistol when they were told they...

Airbnb is doing a U-turn with its global leader pledging to slash the number of professional landlords using the platform and...

A property litigation expert is warning letting agents and landlords about far-reaching consequences of the recent ruling which declared a blanket...

Now may be the time for buy to let investors to consider incorporation - putting their property portfolios into a limited...

Online lettings agency Upad is offering to refund users whose rental listings did not appear on Zoopla and PrimeLocation as they...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

A new web platform is launching encouraging reviews of landlords - but it claims not to be another opportunity for tenants...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

The splendidly named East Midlands lettings agency Monkey vs Owl - known as MOVO - has opened a second office. Its first,...

Propertymark is the latest industry body to warn the government against Capital Gains Tax changes that may disincentivise landlords. A joint statement...

The average rental asking price outside of London has hit an all-time high says Rightmove - whereas inside the capital, the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has given a warm welcome to this week’s news that buy to let investors as...

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director...

Two Bristol landlords have been ordered to repay nearly £5,000 following investigations by the council’s so called rogue landlord unit. One, Lucy...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

A new Labour group - Labour Tenants United - has issued a four-prong attack on the current private rental sector including...

Average room rents in the capital have dipped seven per cent compared to this time last year according to a flat-sharing...

The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed four new PropTech and training strategic partnerships for member agencies. They are Inventory Base, Vaboo,...

Hunters has revealed that it’s used the lockdown period to train staff with a range of e-learning modules as well as...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...

For Jill Griffiths, working exactly 25 years at the same agency is a cause for celebration - and her time serving...

A group of activists in London claim as many as 2,500 tenants are on a rent-strike during the Coronavirus crisis. The number is...

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

Hunters has reported a small increase in pre-tax profit in it full-year results despite the impact of the ban on tenant...

A new survey of tenants’ sentiment suggests that 54 per cent of renters feel confident to view a property with appropriate...

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...

Activists in a body called the London Renters Union has returned to the theme of calling for tenants to not pay...

Reapit is offering lettings and sales agents free training courses for its CRM software.  The offer will provide non-customers with complimentary access...

Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

The Deposit Protection Scheme is warning of a possible online scam affecting agents, landlords and tenants A statement on the DPS website...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

New research claims to show that the lockdown could end up with higher rents as demand in the lettings sector outstrips...

Buy to let investors should be exempted from the three per cent stamp duty surcharge even if purchasers of holiday homes still...

The new trade body for companies working in the beleaguered short lets sector has recruited 14 new member firms - although...

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

A former estate agent who has set up an online platform giving information on property values for London renters and buyers...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

There’s been a 12 per cent increase in the number of Built To Rent homes across the UK that have been...

Demand for homes to rent has surged back by some 30 per cent in the two weeks to April 14 according...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

Veteran Countrywide figure John Hards has joined the board of still-to-launch property portal OpenBrix. In 2018 Hards rejoined Countrywide as national lettings...

The director of the website Home says that investment in buy to let will look like a highly attractive safe haven...

A short-lets rental platform says it has evidence to show that nights booked in April are down 90 per cent compared...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

Good morning and welcome to today’s edition, helping agents find a way through the Coronavirus crisis by sharing information with the...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The ESTAS has launched a new tool which it says will help agents get in pole position for when the market...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

A Blackpool lettings agent has come to the rescue of two NHS nurses whose car had broken down - and now...

Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...

The government issued further guidance on the private rental sector over the weekend. The new 21 page document - a link to...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...

There’s been a sharp drop in rental churn since the Coronavirus outbreak worsened according to a flat-sharing website. SpareRoom says that across...

The growing number of companies offering support services to hosts and agencies that operate short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

Activists with a record of opposing agents and landlords want a blanket ban on rent rises and evictions in the current virus...

Leaders Romans Group has made another acquisition of a multi-office independent agency. It’s snapped up six-branch Outlook Property, which has offices across...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...

The Budget has failed tenants by doing nothing to increase the supply of private rental property according to two lettings sector...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business.  scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...

An anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert says any private rented sector tenant with Coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for...

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

The safeagent accreditation business says it has helped secure the conviction of a rogue lettings agent who falsely claimed membership of...

Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has put his call for powers to control private rents at the heart of his campaign...

The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...

The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

The private rental sector has come under attack for its conditions and costs to tenants in a report looking into health...

Arun - which has the brands of Douglas Allen in East London and Essex, Ward & Partners in Kent, Cubitt &...

A lettings agent who stole over £23,000 from tenants to pay for his gambling habit and pay off debt has escaped...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

One of the country’s leading buying agencies says buy to let is changing in prime central London, as corporate structures replace...

Zoopla says it’s now in what it calls “a clear, market-leading position” in terms of rental properties in the capital. In a...

One of Ed Sheeran’s first massive hits was Lego House. And now, not many years later, it’s been revealed that he’s...

A government report suggests the private rental sector is attracting an increasing number of older tenants - and the sector needs...

An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...

Pet-friendly tenancies of the kind envisaged by the government could oblige some private landlords to quit the sector, it’s claimed. Over the...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Catherine Shinerock - ARO Account Manager What is your ‘company name’...

A council has prosecuted five private landlords who failed to get licences for the properties they let out. Oldham council says its...

A Build To Rent developer has revealed plans to construct over 10,000 units in just five years. Wise Living, part of SDL,...

A mortgage company has attempted to quantify how much private landlords inject into local economies. Aldermore’s research, surveying 1,000 UK-based landlords, discovered...

Knight Frank has released its latest rental market summary for London, and it paints a mixed picture. Firstly the number of properties...

Leaders Romans Group has snapped up another independent - this time the three office Welsh agency Moginie James. Moginie James - owned by...

Nearly half a million properties could be removed from the long-term lettings market as disenchanted landlords move to short-lets. A survey by...

It’s back - the five-a-side football tournament which made its successful debut last year with teams from the agency and property...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

A lettings agency is calling on local councils to tackle the growing problem of long-term empty homes. My Property Box says that...

The Property Franchise Group, which has a string of major agency brands, has reported a strong performance in 2019 despite the...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

Politicians from several parties say they want their local council in Bristol to have the powers to regulate the number and...

The chief executive of Shelter - the campaigning charity which has been sharply critical of letting agents in the past -...

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...

There’s a heightened risk of voids in the New Year period and agents and landlords should prepare: that’s the warning from...

An overwhelming proportion of letting agents - 84 per cent - say rents will rise next year, well up on the...

The national homelessness charity Crisis has unearthed shocking findings about a common but under-reported form of homelessness – sofa surfing. The report,...

The fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents has this morning revealed that it’s linking with Training For Professionals, the largest provider of...

The new government must prioritise the implementation of proposals to ensure letting agents and others in the industry are appropriately qualified. That’s...

Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...

Almost 40 per cent of battery-powered smoke alarms failed to activate in residential fires in England in the past year –...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

The average deposit paid by a new private tenant is now £1,299 according to a new player in the deposit alternative...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...

One of the north east of England’s higher profile estate agencies has restructured and merged with a rival ahead of what...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

The Black Brick agency, which operates with high net worth clients, is forecasting that 2020 will see the arrival of a...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

Controversial housing charity Shelter claims that private renters are collectively paying out £11 billion more a year – around £425 a...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The pressure group Generation Rent, which in the past has been highly critical of letting agents and other aspects of the...

A rogue landlord and the property company he ran have been fined £22,000 for dishing out ‘sham licences’ to tenants in...

Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

Almost two thirds of landlords say their next buy to let purchase will be through a limited company, not by themselves...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...

Higher housing costs - including private sector rents - have reduced incomes and increased inequality as the poorest families have borne...

Citizens Advice wants the next government to radically alter the private rental sector in favour of tenants.  The charity’s 2019 election manifesto,...

A lettings agency has voluntarily decided to scrap To Let boards in densely populated areas, because they are unsightly and in...

Around 40 per cent of tenants currently in the private rental sector believe they will never be able to buy their...

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...

Many buy to let investors are still badly bruised by the government’s wave of fiscal and regulatory assaults on the private...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...

The likely general election is an opportunity for the government to make the lettings sector more appealing for would-be landlords, says...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark’s Qualifications division has held its annual awards ceremony in the House of Lords, recognising achievement and celebrating...