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Propertymark has issued a no-holds-barred plea to the politician who has been named as the new housing minister in Wales -...

For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax.  London, the...

England’s county councils want the next government to set out a long-term plan for housing, as a new report claims there’s...

The Chancellor has one last chance to come good on the election promise of lowering the burden of business rates –...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

Propertymark’s monthly political and government update webinars are set to continue in 2024 - General Election year. A statement from the trade...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

A Build To Rent scheme which fell into administration two years ago has been rescued by a property developer. Torsion Group has...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

Thousands of pounds of landlords’ money may be lost as a result of the administration of high-profile London lettings agency Douglas...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

The government has back-tracked on its decision to publish the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill this week. The Mirror newspaper reports that “procedural issues”...

PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform.  The integration within TecLet claims to save...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced its integration with lettings software provider Proman Technology Solutions to automate deposit registrations.  The integration is available...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

A prominent independent lettings agency says the typical tenant outside of London now spends 63 per cent of their household income...

The head of an estate agency and property investment firm says the government should do more to reform the rental sector...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

Agents should look to lettings to protect themselves when the sales market is hit by the coming recession and drop in...

There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...

The UK wing of Keller Williams - the world’s largest estate agency by agent count - has announced that it’s working...

Goodlord is spreading its PropTech offering into accountancy. It’s launched a new accounting tool which it claims will save some letting agents...

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and...

One of the most high profile members of the Welsh Parliament has hit back at calls from the controlling Labour and...

PropTech platform Goodlord now integrates with the latest API from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to automate tenancy deposit registration and reduce...

Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, has integrated with the TDS API - aimed...

Online property training qualifications service The Able Agent has launched a new apprenticeship programme. The Able Agent says it’s spotted a critical...

Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

Leading industry figure Peter Knight is to discuss the future of the rental sector and the role of agents in a...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

A PropTech company has revealed what letting agent hate and love most about their work. On the plus side the RentProfile platform’s...

Wales’ Labour-led administration is to announce a three-pronged approach to affordability issues - and it looks likely to involve a clampdown...

There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

One of the lettings industry’s most prominent suppliers says it’s dispelled five myths surrounding the employment of apprentices.  The Letting Partnership insists apprentices...

Fine & Country is offering agents the option of setting up a lettings service without actually having a lettings division of...

While the Westminster government has extended its version of the eviction ban in England until February 21, a longer ban -...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

Industry supplier The Letting Partnership is calling for businesses to take on more apprentices and support young people in a challenging...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

A new PropTech tool called Covid Profile tells lettings agents if tenants are self-isolating or in quarantine because of Coronavirus.  The cloud-based...

The Welsh government has given details of the rentals and sales house moving process during the 16 day lockdown beginning 6pm on Friday...

The Welsh Government wants to reform compulsory purchase powers - meaning any landlord with a long-term empty property in the region...

A definitive document has been published by the House of Commons library listing every eviction-related measure taken by UK governments during...

A survey of 350 lettings agents suggests the large majority feel positive about the rental market despite the challenges of new...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

The Irish government says it’s considering buying properties that were listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms before the pandemic. In an...

Automated lettings and management platform teclet has announced a new inventory solution with No Letting Go and its Kaptur inventory app. Kaptur...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...

Enfield council in London has confirmed that it will introduce borough-wide additional licensing. It is also seeking consent from the government to...

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

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

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

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

Generation Rent, a campaign group that is consistently critical of lettings agencies and landlords, says a priority of the new government...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...

Online rental services platform Howsy - which last week revealed £5m new investment from backers - has acquired online lettings agency...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

PropTech, and specifically Artificial Intelligence, could help letting agents better cope with new demands created by further industry regulation. That’s the view...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a remarkable attack on a lettings agency, accusing it of “an abuse of power” over its...

A new white-labelled outsourced lettings management service is launching today, claiming to undercut all rivals. F%ur - a brand from 4percentproperty -...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

The head of the country's oldest agency recruitment consultancy says the tenant fee ban will hit staffing levels in the industry...

The newly-formed Federation of Independent Agents (FIA), the network set up by former Property Franchise Group managing director Graham Lock, has...

Increased use of PropTech by lettings agencies should allow staff to be freed up to engage in all-important face-to-face contact with...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

Connells Group is backing this week’s National Apprenticeship Week and has launched a new head office programme giving around 100 existing...

ARPM  Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Duce, Managing Director. What is ARPM and what does it...