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The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Trade body Propertymark says fees will remain unchanged next year.  “We’d like to thank all our members for their continued commitment to...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Trading Standards is reminding letting agents of their legal obligation to protect money they are holding on behalf of a client...

The law is clear – agencies in England, Scotland and Wales need a valid client money protection (CMP) policy to protect...

Trading Standards officers check for agents’ compliance by scrutinising their websites, it’s being claimed. Agents are being warned to ensure their websites...

A PropTech expert is warning that letting agents can expect hefty fines if they fail to comply with complex Client Money...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

Property accreditation service safeagent has written to all of its agents in England urging them to check legal requirements when setting...

UK banks are closing client accounts held by established letting agents and refusing to open accounts for new businesses. The Problem A growing...

A council’s Trading Standards team is warning letting agents of a new clampdown on compliance failures. Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards says it’s received...

Trading Standards is describing a penalty imposed on a London letting agent as “a landmark” after the company failed to comply...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...

Fourteen Trading Standards authorities across a swathe of England are embarking on an enforcement project to check lettings agency compliance.  The Central England...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...

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

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...

A lettings agency in central London has been issued with a fine for not belonging to a Client Money Protection scheme. The...

A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...

A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway.  A statement from the National Trading Standards...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...

Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...

Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1.  From that date...

A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents has launched a first-of-its-kind Client Money Protection to members.  Although CMP schemes are to be mandatory...

The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...

As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

The UK Association of Letting Agents has launched a deal with insurance firm Let Alliance to allow total loss client money...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...

Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

This week, thousands of letting agents will be taking part in SAFEagent Awareness Week 2017. Agents taking part in the event –...

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...

There has been widespread pleasure from throughout the industry at the government’s decision to accept the recommendation of a working group...

The working group set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government to consider Client Money Protection says the scheme...

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

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

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 have just a week left to add their voice to the debate on whether mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP)...

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

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...

A raft of regulatory and legal changes for letting agents in Scotland in 2018 is being flagged up by the Association...

Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...

Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...

Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...

Letting agents and others in the industry have until October 3 to respond to a new review in to Client Money...

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

Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...

This week over 3,000 letting agents from across the UK will be taking part in the fourth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week...

It is now a statutory duty for letting agents to fully publicise the fees they charge to landlords and tenants.  Under the...