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Not for profit accreditation service safeagent has seen two of its lettings qualifications officially recognised by exam watchdog Ofqual. Safeagent as an...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...
02 March 2023
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Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...
08 February 2023
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A Labour MP has written to letting agents in her constituency demanding they explain high rents and their student allocation policies. Mary...
01 November 2022
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An accreditation scheme says the government database of rogue letting agents should be expanded. The government is committed to creating a new Property...
27 September 2022
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Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...
30 September 2021
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Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...
30 December 2020
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A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...
16 December 2020
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A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
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The safeagent accreditation scheme says the next government should not scrap landlord licensing as some trade groups have requested, but should...
12 November 2019
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Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
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Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border. LAS is...
04 September 2019
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A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...
05 August 2019
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Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...
03 July 2019
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...
09 May 2019
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Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...
13 March 2019
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An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...
12 March 2019
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We are used to stories of councils condemning letting agents and landlords - but now a London council is praising the...
24 January 2019
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A survey of 1,000 tenants and landlords has provided evidence of what many agents already know - that the growing complexity...
01 March 2017
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A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...
07 December 2016
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We often report local authorities criticising the standards of letting agents and landlords - now here's a quite different story. Letting agents...
11 November 2016
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has criticised Boris Johnson's handling of the London Rental Standard, an accreditation scheme for landlords...
02 June 2016
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A local council has announced its support for a new scheme which is aiming to improve quality of housing as well...
03 June 2015
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After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...