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Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...

It's now less than 10 days before the BBC's annual Children In Need charity fund-raising event.  We all support the charity's great...

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...

The BBC’s reality programme The Week The Landlords Moved In should act as an eye-opener for the lettings industry when it...

The independent production company making the life-swap series The Week The Landlord Moved In series, now showing on BBC1, is having...

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...

The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...

A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

A BBC survey claims that private sector landlords are more likely to accept potential tenants who own pets than ones who...

Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents.   When approached by...

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...

A BBC survey claims that powers to combat so-called ‘revenge evictions’ are not being used by the majority of councils in...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...

The controversial Welsh private lettings sector scheme called Rent Smart Wales had around 65 per cent of agents and landlords register...

Canterbury is the latest council to consider setting up its own letting agency. The authority hopes to tempt private landlords with promises...

Rent4sure is pleased to announce we are now working with Home Telecom to give your tenants fast, flexible and unlimited broadband plus...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

ARLA is stepping up its call for letting agents to have professional qualifications in a bid to combat fraud.   In a contribution...

There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...

It’s several weeks on from our story about a local authority setting up its own private letting agency and having only...

An investigation by the BBC has exposed that a London council's new private lettings agency - scheduled to cost well over...

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...

A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...

A letting agent featured on a BBC Watchdog ‘Rogue Traders’ show has told a local newspaper that he is pursuing legal...

One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...

The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...

The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...

Letting Agent Today last week reported on Lancaster Property Network Management when it went into voluntary liquidation - now the agency...

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...

A couple who modernised their home in a naturist village can stay in their home after winning a court battle against...

Unitary local authorities where trading standards and environmental health teams work to the same objectives are more successful at clamping down...

It appears that the former presenters of BBC consumer programme Watchdog are amongst those participating in a class action against Foxtons...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...

The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...