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A prominent lettings agency claims the Renters Reform Bill is not proving a deterrent to buy to let investors. The Leaders Romans...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Arun Estates - parent company of 100 branches in south east England, including brands Cubitt & West, Douglas Allen, Pittis and...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...

Two agencies have today joined eXp UK, the platform which now wants existing branch-based firm to convert to its self employed...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Michael Gove’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, currently going through Parliament, has won praise from the industry body The Property Institute. There...

Second homes in the area of Essex known as Tendring - including popular holiday lets resort Frinton on Sea and the...

A survey over 2,400 tenants has found that 55 per cent would prefer to have their utility bills included within the...

Propertymark wants Housing Secretary Michael Gove to continue with ground rent reforms for leaseholders following the launch of a consultation into this...

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

Midlands-based agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has acquired its fourth business so far this year - and with it, hundreds of lettings...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...

Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

Outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has partnered with maintenance specialist Help Me Fix to support its property client base.  Help Me Fix, widely...

One of the country’s most popular destinations for both visitors and short let accommodation is likely to be hit with a...

After nine years with the business, Goodlord co-founder Tom Mundy has stepped down as chief operating officer. An official statement from...

A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...

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

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

The U-turn by politicians in Scotland who ended a complete rent freeze doesn’t go far enough, says Propertymark. At the end of...

Ruling politicians in Scotland have agreed that from April private rents can rise by 3.0 per cent in a 12 month period...

The Register of Overseas Entities, which came into force back in August, requires all overseas entities owning property in the UK...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to four offences which involved the creation of fake letting agencies in order to help him...

One of the leading deposit alternative services has called for a code of conduct to step, amongst other things, alleged pressure...

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...

Propertymark has issued key points for lettings agents to note following the introduction of The Energy Prices Bill to the House...

A new director of lettings has been announced for an independent residential consultancy that helps high net worth individuals buy, sell...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

A lettings and sales agency called Propertynest is offering franchise opportunities for those wanting to set up their own business. Headquartered in...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...

Agents, leaseholders and freeholders can gain an insight into one of the most contentious areas of leasehold with a free webinar...

The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...

A series of BBC reports over the weekend highlighted what the broadcaster calls “a brewing cost-of-living crisis:” triggered by high rents. Citing...

A retired estate agent has pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching fire safety in Devon. Retired Force and Sons agent David...

A lettings agency says the cost of living crisis calls into question the viability of a selective licensing scheme in its...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

A lettings agency is alleged to have used violence and vandalism over a prolonged period against the tenants of at least...

A new national lettings-only portal is planning to launch this October with a pledge to revolutionise the rental sector. Its aim is...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

A PropTech supplier says it’s created a solution to letting agents and landlords who must remain compliant and who want to...

Propertymark has said that the government’s ban on ground rent on new leasehold properties should go further. The government revealed over the...

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

Agents and landlords are being warned by a government minister not to charge all-inclusive HMO tenants more than necessary in a...

Shock figures suggest that Airbnb owners are charging up to 600 per cent more to stay at their properties during major...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

A lettings portal says it’s expanding across London and is offering agents free listings with no fixed-term contract, and the prospect...

High profile PropTech supplier The Depositary is offering free and unlimited training for agents on its platform, beginning this week. A message...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

John D Wood & Co. Is the latest agency to go green with a move to making its fleet of company...

Perhaps few letting agents consider giving anything like rewards to tenants, but if they did there might be a case for...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons.  A home insurance company...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

A London lettings agency - that has now entered bankruptcy - has been cleared of any involvement in a rental scandal...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

A six-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, has been handed to a former lettings agent from Eastbourne for charges of...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...

The controversy over whether a new PropTech service can be used by agents to charge people to view a property to...

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...

Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...

A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...

Principle Estate Management has won another major contract - completing the firm’s transformation from little more than a one man band...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Maxine Fothergill and for the past ‘almost’...

A new service has been launched to charge prospective tenants £30 - potentially even more - just to view a property...

A supplier of virtual viewings claims each property’s physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s...

ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...

Yet another buy to let lender has released new products aiming to push the sector into more environmentally-friendly properties.  The Foundation Home...

A pet referencing service is being launched next month - but it expects agents and landlords to pay to see the...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has teamed up with an accommodation service to supply short lets. Users who find short lets through the...

There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

A prominent industry figure says lettings agents will have a key role educating landlords over the controversial Breathing Space scheme introduced...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

The extended stamp duty holiday is having a significant positive impact on the rental market, according to new research. In a survey...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

ARLA Propertymark is reminding agents about the controversial Breathing Space legislation coming into effect on May 4. The new rules are known as...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

Lettings management service Ringley Group has teamed up with a utility broker, 001 Ltd. It says this sources and identifies economies of...

An online lettings agency that claims to have analysed the costs of “a selection” of 12 High Street agencies has accused...

A Midlands not-for-profit student lettings agency is giving a rent discount to students who live in its leased houses. The offer comes from Sulets,...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019’s 12-month transition period came to an end on 31 May, prohibiting various payments and charges that...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team.  It has come from...

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...

One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...

A London lettings agency has described a £3,600 charge to a tenant as “entirely reasonable and legal.” The i newspaper has featured a...