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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...

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)...

Rent4sure is pleased to announce we are now working with Home Telecom to give your tenants fast, flexible and unlimited broadband plus...

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...