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A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

Spicerhaart has announced two new lettings directors to support its £30m expansion programme. Liam Davorn, 57, has 30 years in the profession...

PropTech suppliers Kamma and CoreLogic UK have teamed up to help improve the process of buy to let lending and compliance. Kamma...

Learners, employers, training providers, and stakeholders gathered to congratulate finalists and nominees at Propertymark Qualifications.  Apprentices who completed their Junior Estate Agent...

An agency that is part of the fast-growing Lomond Group has itself acquired another two independent agencies.  Thornley Groves, is expanding its...

Shocking figures produced by a council in the south west show the vast number of short lets available - and by...

A fake lettings operation has been uncovered by a leading legitimate agency - and now the National Trading Standards Estate and...

A letting agency has been issued with penalty notices worth £3,000 for operating illegally. Back in 2014 it became a legal requirement...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...

Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...

Stirling Ackroyd Group has acquired the south east London sales and lettings agency Beresford Residential.  It has bought the whole business including the...

A lettings platform set up by a 24 year old is today announcing an expansion from its Bristol start up to...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many tenants and landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring deposits...

One of the largest private residential landlords in the Midlands has appointed Principle Estate Management to start collecting various ground rents...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...

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

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

Property should take a leaf from some other industries’ books and embrace increased automation to help the sector recover quicker and...

A petition calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase tax on holiday lettings has still not hit its 45,000-signature target. Former long...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...

It’s been revealed by a short lets trade body that the typical Airbnb day rate in London in September was £151.40...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

A high-profile four-day bootcamp designed to sharpen up lettings agents has returned from the pandemic with a bang.  Agent Rainmaker - set up...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

An agent who six months ago expanded his franchise empire to four branches has now added a fifth. Craig Pearson, who opened the...

Airbnb is now introducing pet insurance cover for its hosts as it continues attempts to win long-term renters away from the...

Home, the property website that publishes an authoritative market snapshot for lettings and sales each month, says the long-standing supply drought...

Cluttons has given its latest lettings market snapshot for London, with an upbeat assessment of current and future demand. The agency say...

The London and South East property group Stirling Ackroyd - which recently rebranded from its former title, Nick Dunning Associates -...

An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...

New figures from the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic long-term decline in the number of possessions in the private rental...

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

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

The once-popular idea of parents buying a property for their offspring to use while at university, and then letting it to other...

Lettings platform Findingaplace, a matching service between tenants and agents launched last year, is seeking to raise £250,000 - and possibly...

The government says it’s finalising plans for a new tax regime to apply to additional homes, and in particular those used...

The private rental sector is already attempting to improve its EPC results according to research from Shawbrook Bank.  From 2025 new rules...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

Five PropTech firms have linked up to produce a so-called White Paper giving a glimpse in what they think the agency...

Data from central London lettings agency Bective shows returning tenant demand in the capital. The agency’s analysis of new lettings applicants shows...

Almost £300,000 has been awarded to a consortium of councils to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector. York council will lead...

Labour has joined with campaign groups Generation Rent and Shelter in calling for the speediest possible ending of Section 21 eviction...

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

Foxtons is extensively praising the apparent benefits of Build To Rent, a sector in which the agency is keen to become...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...

Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...

PropTech platform Lavanda says urban property is changing thanks to the pandemic, and it tells agents, landlords and other providers to...

All sides of the industry have expressed anger and frustration that yesterday’s Budget effectively ignored the private rental sector. ARLA Propertymark’s policy...

Confirming many Covid-related trends, it appears that outer city properties have seen their yields and rents grow to a greater degree...

A lettings agency in Manchester has received over 10,000 rental enquiries in just one month. Manchester Apartments says it received some  21,000...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

A marketing firm says super-speedy virtual tours - similar in duration to many videos on the TikTok social network - are...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

Ex-Reapit and ex-Countrywide tech guru Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director - just weeks after...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

Propertymark has told the government that imposing the same solution to the Net Zero challenge on all of the private rental...

New figures provide further evidence of the difficulties first time buyers have getting on the property ladder - and why as...

A London lettings agent says it welcomes increasing moves towards allowing pets in rental properties - with some conditions.  Bective’s head of...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

Independent Liverpool-based agency LPS Real Estate has acquired another indie - Maison Lettings. As part of the acquisition, LPS will take over...

Research by a student accommodation search platform suggests that the sector may rely too heavily on the apparent year-on-year growth in...

Online lettings agency LettingaProperty.com says it’s using social media platform TikTok to build its brand and drum up business, and claims...

A Foxtons-owned lettings agency says 60 per cent of tenants and would-be buyers say they are not confident negotiating asking rents...

Savills says an increase in the number of new builds bought for buy to let and other property investment will help...

Home appliances are often an area that can be overlooked when it comes to finalising kitchen designs, but having quality machines...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

A former agent who was most recently a car salesman has been named as Spicerhaart’s first home-based lettings partner. Marc West will...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...

A new report suggests that agents may already be seeing more middle-aged and older landlords - and if that hasn’t happened...

Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...

Tenants returning to the office and city centres has triggered strong rental growth in the largest urban centres. Rightmove’s Quarterly Rental Trends...

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...

The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...

Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

Lettings technology platform Goodlord has acquired a new app called acasa.  acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household...

Fenn Wright, which operates in East Anglia, has opened its latest office in Felixstowe and will focus on sales and lettings.  Managing...

A senior Conservative in Wales wants the Welsh Government to consider creating a housing tribunal in the light of rising tenant arrears. Janet Finch-Saunders,...

Campaigners against letting agents and landlords appear to suggest that the issue of rising rents is uniquely confined to the UK...

Agents’ marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a new integration live and ready to install on Reapit’s AppMarket. BriefYourMarket first integrated with Reapit’s...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

Spicerhaart has unveiled a £30m investment programme for its lettings business. The business proposes to more than double the number of properties...

A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...

The latest rental index from PropTech platform Goodlord shows voids inching up - although still remaining much lower than the long-term...

The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

A branch of Northwood has snapped up an independent agency. Bassets Lettings, which is based in Salisbury, was set up in 2002...

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

Propertymark is telling politicians to stop demonising letting agents and landlords. The unusualy bluntl message has come in response to the latest...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...

The rush for space to work and relax at home will still dominate the rental market for the short term at...

The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...

Campaign group Generation Rent, led by former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, has renewed its call for the scrapping of Section 21...

The rapid pace of growth in the rental market will slow in 2022 but the enduring rate of increase should still...

A statement from ARLA Propertymark has hinted that it believes politicians may be out of touch with the reality of how...

Landlords in Wales have been told that rules giving tenants six months’ notice to vacate a property will remain in place...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

A property app firm, which describes itself as a second-generation digital property management service, is aiming to raise a ‘significant six figure...

We may still be some months off 2022, but property experts are already beginning to make their predictions for next year...

A new survey has revealed that just 11% of people think Michael Gove, who was announced as the new Housing Secretary...

An industry poll has revealed that tech is now so important in our lives that a fifth of UK tenants say...

It’s been announced that UK Sotheby’s International Realty has secured tenants for 20 apartments in record time at Embassy Gardens, a...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

The property industry has broadly welcomed Michael's Gove appointment as Housing Secretary after he replaced Robert Jenrick yesterday afternoon. “We welcome today’s...

LettingaProperty.com has appointed Kevin Neary, ex-GameStop Group managing director and co-founder, as Board Chairman, to help drive the company's growth. This...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

One in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance, new research claims. Analysis of inspection figures by Gas...

Portfolio landlords can be the key to running a successful lettings agency. That is the latest claim from lead generation software provider...

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...

The government has set in motion a Parliamentary procedure meaning the notice periods for evictions in England return to normal from...

One of the country’s largest commercial and retail landlords - Capital & Regional - is to expand is current programme of...

The farcical implementation of the government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has been sharply criticised by Propertymark. Timothy Douglas, the organisation’s policy and...

The number of new prospective tenants registering with Knight Frank in August was 73 per cent higher than the same month...

Does this photo drive you mad? Do you see it everywhere (including on Letting Agent Today stories)?  Who are these people and...

A new idea put forward by a student-focussed Build To Rent operator is likely to increase the momentum behind campaigners wanting...

There is a report that the private equity owner of Leaders Romans Group has appointed bankers to work on a ‘strategic...

The lettings market continues to boom, with HomeLet’s latest index showing average UK rents at a record high for the third...

A new trend developing in prime central London suggests that tenants are demanding smaller properties - and that’s despite the pandemic...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets. A...

A council has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher calling for a new approach to the short lets issue. Oxford council leader...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

There’s been a 21 per cent rise in demand for properties from buy to let investors according to a new analysis...

The new owner of a lettings agency is aiming to fuel growth in his new business after swapping petrol stations and...

The value of the Private Rented Sector in England, Wales and Scotland grew by 5.8 per cent to a jaw dropping...

Plentific - the PropTech firm that offers block management agents and Build To Rent operators a cloud-based maintenance platform - has...

Recovery in the UK is being channeled towards regional cities, says a leading investment expert.  Martha Peyton, managing director and head of...

A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...

A prominent lettings agency owner has given his verdict on the concept of charging renters to view a property - “it...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heidi Shackell, CEO of The Lettings Hub. How has your...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

A bizarre fine imposed on a managing agent by a local authority appears to have been reversed because the council flouted...

Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

Agents’ body Propertymark says it wants a dedicated housing court because it’s lost faith in the mainstream court system to handle...

One of the largest new additional licensing schemes for HMOs anywhere in the country is set to come into force in...

A housing market analyst is warning of "one heck of a dark cloud on the horizon for the lettings market” as...

A study by Hamptons shows that so far this year 10 per cent of new tenancies have been taken by someone...

Agents and landlords are being warned that the Fire Safety Act 2021 will make a huge impact on their responsibilities -...

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

Labour shadow housing secretary Lucy Powell has resuscitated the eviction ban, this time for furloughed workers whose government support ends in...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

There has still been no formal response to a government consultation on the database of rogue agents and landlords, 25 months...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

Airbnb has issued a lengthy statement in response to a recent raft of criticisms about the effects of soaring numbers of...

The lettings market in London and the Home Counties continued its journey back towards normality in July according to data from...

A letting agency has appeared on a ‘name and shame’ list of companies which failed to pay staff the minimum wage. Tetsuo...

An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...

Lettings agencies should continue to use IT solutions like livestream viewings even as the pandemic eases, according to one of the...

Propertymark has given its support to a free and independent dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service, which is being offered to...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

Fixflo has announced a new integration partnership with resident engagement and building management software provider Spike Global. Fixflo manages about 1.2m units...

A PropTech lettings platform boasting investment from the Foxtons agency has been snapped up by LegalforLandlords for an undisclosed figure. Propoly, launched...

Agents using Reapit now have access to tenant due diligence and guarantee firm Homeppl, which will assist in combating rental fraud. Homeppl...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

The Merthyr Tydfil branch of sales and lettings agency Martin & Co has completed a second acquisition in 12 months –...

Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...

Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

Last month says the largest rental demand in the last three years across London according to Foxtons.  The agency says the gradual...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A town with one of the UK’s heaviest concentrations of holiday homes is clamping down on future purchases by outsiders who...

Propertymark wants agents to come forward with examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement...

The independent Chancellors agency chain has signed an exclusive contract to use The Lettings Hub pre-tenancy platform BOX for the next...

A respected buy to let mortgage monitor is suggesting that investors in the sector may be more successful if they allow...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

There’s a call for agents to free up valuable time by ensuring Right To Rent checks are automated rather than performed...

The capital appreciation of the past year proves that there’s no better investment than bricks and mortar, according to an agency...

Referencing provider RentProfile has partnered with Dezrez to provide an integration allowing agents to request checks within the Rezi software platform. Dezrez...

New categories have been added to this year’s Propertymark Qualifications Awards, to recognise educational success in the industry.  Propertymark Qualifications says that...

A new £10m scheme to help renters with Covid-related arrears has been launched in Wales.  Called the Tenancy Hardship Grant, and introduced...

Last week the tax firm Blick Rothenberg advised John Lewis and Lloyds Bank to stay out of the private rental sector...

A 360-degree virtual tour supplier says there’s been a 600 per cent increase in use of the technology since late 2019...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

There’s a warning from an industry trade body that some agents may have failed to take compliance obligations seriously enough.  Paul Offley,...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...

The UK Association of Letting Agents trade body is warning of “widespread evictions” unless government support is offered to tenants. UKALA chairman...

A lettings agency has apologised after a campaign by activists about the condition of a rental property it manages. Protesters outside the...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has made a new call for power to cap private rents. He’s claimed that rents in the...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

London’s rental market gathered momentum in June as tenants anticipated a return to the office with 24 per cent more tenancies...

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

A firm creating an app showing live streams of properties to let or for sale claims one agency attracted 18 offers...

Research by a lettings sector trade body has revealed precisely how outdated some regulations are.  According to the latest analysis, by the...

It always pays to rely on the services of a reputable referencing company. The lure of free credit checks or basic referencing...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

A lettings agency that works closely with Build To Rent developers says half of the schemes allow pets. Pet rentals have been...

A new maintenance management app connecting agents and their tenants allows the tracking of repairs. Refectio compiles tenants’ faults onto a dashboard,...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has teamed up with an accommodation service to supply short lets. Users who find short lets through the...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

ARLA Propertymark says a new government online checker to help private tenants establish what repairs they may be entitled to should...

Propertymark has accused the Scottish Government of rushing through the latest eviction ban extension without proper consultation. At the end of last...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

The Labour-run Haringey council in London says some housing conditions in the private rental sector lead to anti-social behaviour. Letting Agent Today...

A leading trade body says the rental sector must not discriminate against tenants on benefits - and has told government it...

The government has pledged a White Paper to be issued in the autumn, dedicated to reform of the private rental sector. Some...

The man behind a PropTech supplier of virtual tours says he wants to get every listing in the UK’s lettings and...

The Leaders Romans Group has identified four locations which it says have come into their own since the working-from-home craze started...

High profile London lettings agency Chestertons says there’s been an increase in Hong Kong residents looking to rent a home in...

A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...

British Land has announced one of the most prestigious Build To Rent schemes at Aldgate on the edge of the City...

A proposal for one of the country’s largest ever private rental sector licensing schemes has gone out to consultation. Manchester’s Labour council...

The Oxfordshire based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant,...

The man behind an early version of deposit replacement for the private rental sector has now set up a service encouraging...

A PropTech company says sloppy referencing by agents and landlords effectively means that around a third of prospective tenants are discriminated...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

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

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

A PropTech firm that manufactures virtual tours claims the feature can increase the asking rents of properties listed. Digital company U-See Homes...

PropTech firm Goodlord is to offer illness and injury insurance to tenants  via a link with Legal & General.  Goodlord already sells...

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...

Reliable referencing remains the cornerstone of every letting agent’s business. Landlords rely on their agents to get it right, and to protect...

A grace period for Right To Rent changes following Britain’s exit from the EU expires at the end of this month. And...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

Areas of the country which appear to have had a surplus of rental stock in the past is now reporting a...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

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

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

The Miles & Barr Group has snapped up two lettings and property management companies  – Roger & Hambidge and Brettsletts.  The acquisitions...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The latest rental market snapshot produced by HomeLet shows average rents outside of London soaring to higher levels and dropping in the capital itself.  The...

A branch of The Property Franchise Group’s Martin & Co brand is stopping potential tenants from booking a physical tour of...

We’re only a little over a week away from the Euros, happening at last a year later than scheduled because of...

Labour’s Lucy Powell, the party’s new housing spokesperson, says she wants to work with the Conservatives to scrap Section 21 eviction...

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

A global ban on parties in Airbnb properties, started back in August last year, has been extended until the end of...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

An outspoken property investor has launched an online petition on the government website to oppose the threat of rent controls. YouTube influencer...

There’s now an unprecedented level of demand from tenants for properties, according to the latest survey findings from ARLA Propertymark. The survey...

There’s been another upbeat trading statement from franchise giant the Belvoir Group. The company - which held its AGM yesterday - says...

There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

A study by a trade group representing the short lets sector says it’s confident of recovering to 2019 levels of business...

A new independent agency is to specialise in lettings and property management across Hertfordshire. Led by Luke Mason and Jonathan Fiducia, the...

Fixflo, the well known provider of property repairs and maintenance software across the lettings sector, has been acquired by a European...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

Official figures show that far from seeing a rise during the pandemic, there has been what the government calls “a massive...

Landlords spend an estimated £839m each year upgrading newly purchased rental property before letting it out to tenants, helping to drive-up...

The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

A 133-unit co-living rental scheme is to be built in the Devon city of Exeter. The scheme will place an emphasis on community living...

A new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology” says its latest app aids safety for agents. The latest version of the...

North London agency Home Minders has acquired independent lettings and sales business Alan Goldin Estates. This transaction is Home Minder’s third acquisition,...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

The owners of a branch of Martin & Co have taken their managed portfolio to approaching 400 properties after securing a...

Sulets - a not-for-profit, charitable trust providing accommodation for students - has struck gold. It’s won a Gold award from Investors in...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...