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07 January 2021
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UniHomes, a student accommodation platform, has snapped up Split The Bills, a bill sharing service aimed at the student market. UniHomes -...
05 January 2021
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Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...
30 December 2020
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Around one in seven residential properties purchased in November were snapped up by buy to let investors, according to Countrywide research. A...
14 December 2020
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A charity claims that private tenants in the areas with the higher tiers of Coronavirus measures face “harsh enforcement” if they...
22 October 2020
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Campaigners against evictions during the Coronavirus crisis have launched a last-ditch call for the government to grant another extension to the current...
14 September 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
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Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...
31 July 2020
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A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann...
09 July 2020
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Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency. Electricity distributor UK...
08 June 2020
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A London council has sent an open letting to its buy to let landlords urging them to show understanding to tenants...
26 May 2020
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Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...
28 April 2020
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Private landlords want the government to stop local authorities charging council tax on rented homes left empty because of the Coronavirus. The National...
27 April 2020
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A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...
27 April 2020
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Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...
20 April 2020
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Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...
15 April 2020
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Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 April 2020
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Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...
02 April 2020
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Part of the controversial Spicerhaart empire want the government to guarantee that some landlords receive 80 per cent of their usual...
31 March 2020
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Letting agents will for the first time be able to use Open Banking to process payments more efficiently, following a decision...
11 March 2020
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The parlous state of many tenants’ personal finances has been highlighted by website CompareTheMarket which claims that one in 10 rely...
09 March 2020
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A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...
27 February 2020
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A lettings sector trade group says lavish additional services are being offered by landlords who are nervous that Brexit will lead...
27 January 2020
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Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...
13 January 2020
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There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...
24 December 2019
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Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...
13 December 2019
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One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...
11 December 2019
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An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
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A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...
28 November 2019
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The Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru is pledging tax credits for private tenants whose rent and utilities bills add up to...
26 November 2019
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The Liberal Democrats is the first of the major parties to release its party manifesto for the December 12 manifesto, and...
21 November 2019
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Two university dropouts who started their own student letting agency have recorded their busiest ever start to an academic year. Harry Conti,...
04 October 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...
10 September 2019
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Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...
14 August 2019
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Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
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Agents need to be pro-actively using PropTech and improving their work methods to reduce voids for their landlord clients. That’s the view...
19 June 2019
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The best lettings agents will survive and shine through the ban of fees levied on tenants, which comes into effect this weekend. The...
29 May 2019
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The agency handling the largest volume of student accommodation in Lincoln is celebrating its fourth birthday by opening a second office...
17 May 2019
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With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...
16 May 2019
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Letting agents are being urged to consider how they can reduce their administrative workload, following huge growth in the size of...
14 May 2019
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Data from a Countrywide agency shows that 59 per cent of landlords who live in London purchased their buy to let...
15 April 2019
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More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...
08 March 2019
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The Residential Landlords Association says the government’s changes to Universal Credit don’t go far enough to prevent rent arrears. The RLA says...
07 February 2019
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Specialist student utilities and service provider Glide has launched a product it claims removes the admin and hassle traditionally associated with...
01 February 2019
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A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...
19 December 2018
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With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...
14 December 2018
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Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...
14 December 2018
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Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...
06 November 2018
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The proportion of buy to let investors looking to remortgage is now at an all-time high according to respected specialist mortgage...
24 October 2018
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New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...
11 October 2018
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The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...
05 October 2018
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20% more landlords* are struggling compared to last year. They’ve been caught in a perfect storm of higher interest rates, bigger...
20 September 2018
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Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...
06 September 2018
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Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...
13 August 2018
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The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
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Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
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Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...
05 June 2018
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A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...
23 May 2018
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11 May 2018
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Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...
26 April 2018
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A new survey released this morning gives an insight into how tenants manage rental payments and their willingness - in some...
17 April 2018
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The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
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With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...
08 March 2018
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A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...
02 February 2018
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Larger scale landlords with 10 properties or more appear to be the most confident about the private rental sector, and are...
08 December 2017
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The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector. The hefty 95-page...
18 October 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...
13 October 2017
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Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...
02 October 2017
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A leading accounting and advisory service says key tax changes that could damage the buy to let sector are still not...
26 September 2017
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A trade body is seeking volunteers to meet with government officials to discuss future initiatives for the private rental sector. The volunteers...
08 September 2017
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With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
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The controversial Right To Rent, which obliges letting agents and landlords to check the right of prospective tenants to live in...
23 June 2017
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Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...
30 May 2017
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Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...
13 April 2017
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An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...
02 March 2017
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Wembley Park in north London is to host Britain’s largest Build To Rent scheme yet after Quintain revealed a programme for...
08 February 2017
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A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...
03 January 2017
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Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...
28 October 2016
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Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...
20 October 2016
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Respected legal firm Mishcon de Reya is the latest voice warning of problems which can be caused when apartment owners let...
10 October 2016
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A London couple have used a lettings website to advertise for flat sharers in their property overlooking the Thames - it...
03 October 2016
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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
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Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...
08 September 2016
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A study of just over 1,000 students suggests that 58 per cent use online sources to find accommodation while only 25...
06 September 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans. An...
04 August 2016
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Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...
17 June 2016
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A mortgage firm specialising in buy to let products says lending to landlords set up as limited companies surged in the...
13 June 2016
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A former letting agent has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to ten counts of fraud. Nicholas Dowse, also known...
23 May 2016
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A buy to let index of returns compiled by a financial firm shows the greatest returns for investors are now to...
13 May 2016
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A letting agent and four landlords face bills totalling more than £20,000 after being prosecuted by Islington Council for operating unlicensed...
06 May 2016
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What is described as the world’s largest’ co-living’ scheme opens this week with a 550-bed 11-storey development in west London. With rents...
03 May 2016
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A trade body is warning that the government’s new Universal Credit payments could have a disastrous impact on private lettings with...
20 April 2016
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The proportion of landlords in central London who intend to sell property has quadrupled since last year’s Budget, according to the...
11 March 2016
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So you’ve decided to advertise on Rightmove, Zoopla or another online property listing agent. You’ve agreed the budget, made the bold...
07 March 2016
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Letting agents are a money-grabbing, throat-cutting, ruthless lot - well, that’s what some say. But Leeds-based student lettings agency The Student...
01 March 2016
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Who are you? Jen Paice What does it say on your business card? Chief executive of SafeDeposits Scotland What does SafeDeposits Scotland do? We are...
24 February 2016
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MPs and members of the House of Lords want private sector tenants to be given clearer up-front information on the cost...
24 February 2016
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Scottish tenants are paying off late rent amid improving household finances, according to Your Move. As of January the proportion of late...
24 February 2016
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A Conservative peer and former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has become the first senior Tory to speak out against...
06 January 2016
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Buy to let tax relief is still set to total around £15 billion annually even after changes to tax relief are introduced,...
21 December 2015
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ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year. Looking for...
04 December 2015
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An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...
01 December 2015
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Opponents of the government’s attempt to end tax breaks for the buy to let sector now have a new opportunity to...
10 September 2015
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Bruten & Co Limited, a sales and lettings agent based in Notting Hill Gate, London, has been expelled from membership of...
03 September 2015
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Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...
16 July 2015
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Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...
16 July 2015
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Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for June. The Birmingham Central branch...
08 July 2015
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I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...
03 July 2015
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This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...
19 June 2015
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Recent weeks have seen changes made to the rules that govern responsibility for property repairs in the private rented sector. Section 11...
16 June 2015
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Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...
29 May 2015
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Letting agency GFW Lettings says new Green Deal targets to improve energy efficiency will have a challenging impact on private sector...