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LettsPay, an automated service aiming to simplify the reconciling of tenant rental payments, has won investment from the nurtur.group - the...
21 April 2022
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The UK Association of Letting Agents - a trade body rival to ARLA Propertymark - says it’s seen “a robust membership...
25 May 2021
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Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...
22 March 2021
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A lettings agency in central London has been issued with a fine for not belonging to a Client Money Protection scheme. The...
17 March 2021
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A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...
25 February 2021
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A clampdown on letting agents who fail to safeguard landlords’ and tenants’ money is now underway. A statement from the National Trading Standards...
24 February 2021
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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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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...
03 December 2020
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Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...
20 November 2020
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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
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ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
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A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...
01 October 2019
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An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...
27 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 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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A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...
22 August 2019
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A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts. This...
21 August 2019
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Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
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The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...
01 April 2019
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The government says it is still considering applications to operate Client Money Protection schemes from April, despite approving five schemes so...
13 March 2019
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Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...
27 February 2019
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Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1. From that date...
21 February 2019
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A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...
08 February 2019
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New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...
07 December 2018
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The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...
05 December 2018
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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...
18 October 2018
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The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...
03 September 2018
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Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...
23 August 2018
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...
05 June 2018
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As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...
25 May 2018
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Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...
22 May 2018
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MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...
21 May 2018
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Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...
21 May 2018
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One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...
19 March 2018
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The UK Association of Letting Agents has launched a deal with insurance firm Let Alliance to allow total loss client money...
12 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has come out against a single government-administered system for Client Money Protection in the private...
11 December 2017
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Mandatory Client Money Protection for lettings agents - currently the subject of a formal government consultation - will contribute towards making...
21 November 2017
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Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...
26 October 2017
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This week, thousands of letting agents will be taking part in SAFEagent Awareness Week 2017. Agents taking part in the event –...
15 May 2017
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A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
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There has been widespread pleasure from throughout the industry at the government’s decision to accept the recommendation of a working group...
29 March 2017
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The working group set up by the Department of Communities and Local Government to consider Client Money Protection says the scheme...
28 March 2017
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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
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The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...
08 February 2017
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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
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Letting agents have just a week left to add their voice to the debate on whether mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP)...
26 September 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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The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is the latest industry body to back the Government's review of mandatory Client Money...
13 September 2016
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A raft of regulatory and legal changes for letting agents in Scotland in 2018 is being flagged up by the Association...
06 September 2016
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Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...
01 September 2016
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Another major organisation within the private rental sector has thrown its weight behind mandatory Client Money Protection for letting agents in the...
25 August 2016
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Several influential industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a review into whether Client Money Protection should be mandatory for letting...
24 August 2016
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Letting agents and others in the industry have until October 3 to respond to a new review in to Client Money...
23 August 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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Next week letting agents across the country will be taking part in the fifth annual SAFEagent Awareness Week. The event aims to...
03 June 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has given its support for what appears to be a government U-turn on Client Money...
22 April 2016
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Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...
21 April 2016
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After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...
26 June 2015
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As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...
05 June 2015
From: Breaking News

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