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The industry’s main trade body for lettings agents is telling its members to let the BBC know if they believe the...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies in Cornwall are campaigning for more affordable rental accommodation for NHS staff in the county. Camel and Homequest Lettings...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says it will take a year for court backlogs to be reduced substantially and even longer to...
15 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Shelter says the experience of Scotland shows that the scrapping of S21 eviction powers produces benefits that...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
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A letter from a tenant’s union is demanding that a Labour councillor “publicly explain” his actions as an accountant advising investors...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Yorkshire town immortalised in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine - Holmfirth - is the location of the latest...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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The debate over rental properties listed on portals with ‘No DSS’ statements has reignited over the weekend. This follows a BBC investigation...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Two former Keller Williams agents have their own BBC Three TV show now available on the iPlayer. It’s called Rent Like a...
20 October 2020
From: Breaking News

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on...
26 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The buy-to-let market has grown significantly in recent years as long-term renting becomes more popular and investors continue to see the...
28 May 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Strutt and Parker is an agency that’s got long-standing team spirit and that shows in how different areas have been working...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A BBC News investigation has exposed some Airbnb and other short let platform users as flouting lockdown regulations. The probe has found...
07 April 2020
From: Breaking News

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A BBC investigation suggests some agents may be mis-selling deposit alternative schemes. Tenants are then hit by what the probe says are...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...
01 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...
24 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...
07 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

You may have spotted a particularly entertaining ad yesterday for lettings property management firm ARPM - it’s the one that featured...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...
16 July 2018
From: Breaking News
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Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...
01 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Older people aged 40 and above are now almost twice as likely to be renting their home from a private landlord...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims. The broadcaster...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...
23 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies wants the government to halt the Right To Rent programme after evidence shows some...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been discovered that a Capital Gains Tax measure buried in the small print of the Budget is likely to hit...
23 November 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC’s reality programme The Week The Landlords Moved In should act as an eye-opener for the lettings industry when it...
21 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The independent production company making the life-swap series The Week The Landlord Moved In series, now showing on BBC1, is having...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The production company behind Grand Designs and Escape to the Country is looking for landlords to feature in a new BBC...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A senior Labour spokesman has refused to rule out rent controls as a possible manifesto commitment for the June 8 General...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The website of a respected political weekly journal says Right To Rent’s immigration checks provide cover for “buy to let bigots”...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A BBC survey claims that private sector landlords are more likely to accept potential tenants who own pets than ones who...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents. When approached by...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The explosion in the short-lets sector continues apace with one third of London councils telling the BBC that Airbnb’s 90-day time...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A BBC survey claims that powers to combat so-called ‘revenge evictions’ are not being used by the majority of councils in...
10 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The controversial Welsh private lettings sector scheme called Rent Smart Wales had around 65 per cent of agents and landlords register...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Canterbury is the latest council to consider setting up its own letting agency. The authority hopes to tempt private landlords with promises...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content

ARLA is stepping up its call for letting agents to have professional qualifications in a bid to combat fraud. In a contribution...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a new development in a long-running spat between a website and the BBC over the corporation’s news coverage...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s several weeks on from our story about a local authority setting up its own private letting agency and having only...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News

An investigation by the BBC has exposed that a London council's new private lettings agency - scheduled to cost well over...
21 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Two interviews given by a deputy governor of the Bank of England appear to suggest that there will soon be additional...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A letting agent featured on a BBC Watchdog ‘Rogue Traders’ show has told a local newspaper that he is pursuing legal...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News

One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Charity Commission is to probe the links between a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The BBC is investigating a letting agency that has allegedly been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner...
09 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today last week reported on Lancaster Property Network Management when it went into voluntary liquidation - now the agency...
23 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s announcement that agents and landlords face jail if they fail to conduct...
04 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Unitary local authorities where trading standards and environmental health teams work to the same objectives are more successful at clamping down...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A couple who modernised their home in a naturist village can stay in their home after winning a court battle against...
30 July 2015
From: Breaking News

It appears that the former presenters of BBC consumer programme Watchdog are amongst those participating in a class action against Foxtons...
15 June 2015
From: Breaking News

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