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There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...

A row is erupting in Swansea over the number of HMOs in the city. Council leaders in the city want to implement...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

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

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...

An umbrella organisation representing councils is calling for greater freedom to introduce more and larger rental sector licensing schemes, without the...

More details have emerged about Labour’s controversial proposal to allow private rental tenants that right to buy their landlord’s property, at...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

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

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

How is Inadash revolutionising the rental market? Searching for a new rental property can be a stressful, time-consuming and frustrating process, but...

Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...

Sometimes, running a lettings agency can feel as if you’re losing control of client money. Recent cases of property management fraud such...

The BBC’s Reality Check service, respected for giving a more realistic assessment of many politicians’ promises, has looked at London mayor...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...

You may have spotted a particularly entertaining ad yesterday for lettings property management firm ARPM - it’s the one that featured...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Air Agents, a London Airbnb Management company, has signed what it calls “a significant investment deal” with BBC Dragon’s Den entrepreneur...

Leaks from government sources to at least two mainstream news outlets today suggest that radical proposals on longer tenancies and possible...

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...

Grainger says it’s ready to respond to the growing need for longer tenancies for families and older renters - the latter...

Older people aged 40 and above are now almost twice as likely to be renting their home from a private landlord...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

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...

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...