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![Lettings chain to raise £5,000 for children’s heart fund](/upload/images/shutterstock_1933098620.jpg)
A lettings and sales agency chain with 14 branches across the north east of England has committed to raising £5,000 in...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Half of tenants living with damp or mould - charity’s claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135425805.jpg)
Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Private renters make up one-in-five homeless - charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648(1).jpg)
Some 8,000 people were forced to sleep rough for the first time in London last year, an increase of 25% on...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Soaring Council Tax Arrears prompts call for new bailiff rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter spotlight on discrimination against LGBTQ+ private tenants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1787772302.jpg)
Shelter is backing the Kicked Out for Coming Out campaign which highlights family rejection as a contributor to LGBTQ+ homelessness. Shelter has...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beef Up Renters Reform Bill to stop even more evictions - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_199526675.jpg)
A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands “overhaul” of Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regional Property Awards - the search is on](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
The search for the best of the property industry is underway as nominations are now open for the 2024 Variety North...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant awareness of Renters Reform Bill very low, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The substantial majority of tenants are completely unaware of the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been alleged. A survey of over 2,000 private...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Advice for agents on tenants with banned dog breeds](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/ManWithDog-400x310.png)
Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Older Persons charity hits out over Renters Reform Bill rumours](/upload/images/shutterstock_1194118255.jpg)
A charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship has hit out at the government over rumours concerning the Renters...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter lobbies politicians with ‘rental plan to end homelessness’](/upload/images/shutterstock_270470528.jpg)
Shelter is calling for the construction of 90,000 rental properties each year for a decade - and it claims this would...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter demands radical changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Shelter is asking for public support for radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill, now going through Parliament. The campaigning charity is...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets Clampdown - More campaigners back Gove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Earlier this week Housing Secretary Michael...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Inspirational broadcast star to address Propertymark One](/upload/images/shutterstock_120719548.jpg)
Inspirational broadcaster and author Katie Piper is set to take to the stage at the Propertymark One Conference at the ExCel...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter threatens government after big rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/shutterstock_1848201151.jpg)
Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![British Homes for British Workers - Experts, activists unite in opposition](/upload/images/shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
Seventeen housing organisations have sent an open letter to the government rejecting its idea of prioritising British families when it comes...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 can’t come quickly enough, says charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Homelessness charity Crisis says the long-standing government pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers can’t come soon enough. The charity has backed...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness charities receive thousands from agents’ carol concert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter plots huge email campaign to stop Renters Reform Bill ‘watering down’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter claims there’s a conspiracy amongst MPs, landlords and others in the private rental sector to water down the...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames private rental sector for growing child homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in tax receipts as Chancellor ponders Autumn Statement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Inheritance Tax totalled £4.6 billion for the HM Treasury between April and October - that’s £500,000 up on the same period...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban not part of government plans to counter homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The prospect of a long-term eviction ban appears to have been lifted in one part of the UK. The Welsh Government is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generous letting agents raise tens of thousands for children](/upload/images/shutterstock_1185210928.jpg)
Hundreds of letting agents from across the UK joined forces at an annual event to raise £40,000 for children with life-limiting...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants worrying more over affordability, claims deposit alternative](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark repeats industry’s big day - only bigger still](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark has pencilled in June 14 2024 as the date for its second Propertymark One event. Last summer’s event,...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness surge means Chancellor must invest in rental sector - call](/upload/images/shutterstock_1016671648.jpg)
New figures have shown that 2,086 people were found to be sleeping on London’s streets for the first time between July...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Generous! Agents give thousands to industry charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Propertymark has donated £5,200 to the industry charity Agents Giving, which works with lettings and estate agents to encourage, support and...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Warning over winter rise in meter tampering and energy theft](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
New data reveals a 68 per cent surge in reports of meter tampering and energy theft during winter. The data - revealed...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill webinar to feature leading industry legal expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
A free webinar on the controversial Renters Reform Bill is to feature one of the industry’s top legal experts. David Smith is...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Older tenants need Renters Reform Bill insists pressure group](/upload/images/shutterstock_1940487949(1).jpg)
Older private renters must have their voices heard In support of the Renters Reform Bill. That’s the view of Joanna Elson, chief...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![London tenants pay high average deposits, claims supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise as council praises local agents for ‘giving back’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1620071491.jpg)
Councils have become increasingly hostile towards agents in recent times, with increased regulation and licensing of the private rental sector in...
23 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill will slash homelessness, claims charity](/upload/images/shutterstock_629082041.jpg)
A charity claims the Renters Reform Bill, which gets its Second Reading in the Commons next week, will help reduce homelessness. New...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - government announces next steps](/upload/images/shutterstock_622830233.jpg)
The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from today’s Financial...
18 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Deposit Alternative chief says tenants face “incredible challenge”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-400x310.png)
The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks and Boomin boss Bruce is back with a new agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
One of the controversial Bruce brothers, founders of the ill-fated Purplebricks venture, is back in the agency business. It’s almost a decade...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Property Awards event announced for this autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ross Nichols, Co-Founder at Just Move In](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/Just%20Move%20In/Frame%204.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ross Nichols, and it says i’m Co-Founder at Just Move...
16 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Shelter back on the warpath over Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its calls for the abolition of S21 eviction powers. It says new Ministry of Justice data shows...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity wants taxpayers money to help renters during crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
Citizens Advice is calling on the government to provide an unspecified amount of assistance to renters during the current cost of...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity slams government over gap between rents and benefits](/upload/images/shutterstock_1563288097.jpg)
Crisis, the homelessness charity, has slammed the government over the growing gap between housing benefit levels and even the lower end...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank joins Shelter for Parliament stunt about Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Co-Op Bank is joining forces with campaigning charity Shelter to argue against Section 21 evictions, and together they have organised...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency unveils perks, benefits and discounts to lure staff](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/MillenialAgents1-400x310.png)
The fast growing agency Lomond - which has snapped up a string of independents in the past two years - is...
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames Section 21 and rental reform delay for rise in homelessness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
New government figures show how overdue the government's reform of private renting is, claims campaigning charity Shelter. The charity says the figures...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crap Choice? Gerald Ratner a key speaker at Propertymark event](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
A keynote speaker at the upcoming Propertymark One event is Gerald Ratner. In 1991 Ratner - then chief executive of a down...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Woke or Worthy? Agency celebrates Earth Day](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
Lettings agency Hamptons is backing Earth Day tomorrow in partnership with removals firm Doree Bonner International and the charity Mind. As part...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![New national lettings agency set up by Lloyds Banking Group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group and homelessness charity Crisis have joined forces in a new two-year partnership including the establishment of a so-called...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mentoring milestone hit by industry charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Agents Together, set up by Purplebricks founders the Bruce Brothers, has reached the milestone of arranging 800 mentorships. Agents Together is a...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents step up call for scrapping of LHA freeze](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze2-400x310.png)
Propertymark has renewed its call for Local Housing Allowance - which has remained static since 2020 - to be increased. It says...
05 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Charity claims new eviction powers will punish the homeless](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
A charity is claiming that new powers to evict anti-social private tenants could lead to more homelessness, while those already living...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ombudsman rules on tenants with children discrimination case](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a letting agency’s ban on renting to a family with children was discriminatory against women...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shelter angry at Hunt’s ‘nothing about housing’ Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Homeless-400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New call to eradicate mould and damp in rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm marks 10th birthday with customer giveaways](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
The Lettings Hub is celebrating its 10th birthday this week with 10 days of giveaways to customers, clients, employees, suppliers and...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Repossession figures trigger worried response from charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
New figures from the Ministry of Justice show that between October and December last year, across England and Wales, there were...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Campaign launched to allow pets to be kept by private tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/WomanWithDog-400x310'.png)
One of the most controversial subjects affecting letting agents, tenants and landlords alike is back on the agenda. Two of the UK’s...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portal’s lettings experts to cultivate link with homelessness charity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Zoopla has given details of its collaboration with homelessness charity Crisis following the announcement of a three-year partnership earlier this year. Crisis’s...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Campaigners claim dramatic rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
Shelter claims government figures show 5,940 households were “threatened with homelessness” in England as a result of Section 21 evictions between April...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rents soar ahead of frozen benefits, triggering homelessness fear](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/StressedTenant-2-400x310.png)
The average gap between housing benefit rates and the actual cost of rents has grown by more than 40 per cent...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists delighted at abolition of Section 21](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Campaigners who turned on the Prime Minister on Tuesday were cock-a-hoop just 24 hours later when Liz Truss did another U-turn...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tories should worry about ‘Rent Wall’ voters going Labour - claim](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ToriesvsLabour-400x310.png)
The man behind a new survey of tenants’ voting intentions claims the Conservatives need to worry about losing support amongst young...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla and charity launch campaign for higher benefits for tenants](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
Zoopla is warning that low-income renters across England are facing a ‘housing black hole’ due to soaring rents and the freeze...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent slams ‘pie in the sky’ idea for private tenant Right To Buy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
A recent suggestion by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity, for government help to allow private tenants to buy their landlords’ homes,...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants at risk because of delay to rental reforms - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency’s new branded debit card gives ForEx perks](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Knight Frank is offering its 2,200 UK staff a company-branded debit card which allows them to buy cheap foreign currency. Currensea’s card,...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will agents pass on energy help to tenants, charity asks?](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency-1-400x310.jpg)
More than one in eight private renters may miss out on support to cope with rising energy costs, Citizens Advice claims. The...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Right To Buy extension plans criticised as “laughable … unworkable”](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
A selection of property industry figures have spoken out against the government’s latest proposals to extend Right To Buy to housing...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter wants scrapping of Section 21 to be accelerated](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter slammed as “childish” for “appalling” attack on agents](/upload/images/Logos/Shelterlogo.png)
Propertymark has made an uncharacteristically strong attack on the campaigning charity Shelter for its portrayal of letting agents. Ahead of yesterday’s Queen’s...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 widely expected to be scrapped - announcement today](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/agent_and_homes_360x280.png)
The government is widely expected to announce that Section 21 eviction powers will be scrapped in new legislation coming to Parliament...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents mocked in provocative Shelter video](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter is accusing some letting agents of “cutting corners” and has produced a provocative and satirical video showing a...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter slammed by industry over “exaggerated” Section 21 claims](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Eviction2-400x310-min.jpeg)
Propertymark is the latest part of the lettings sector to fight back against criticism and claims of extreme evictions made by...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of tenants must accept “appalling conditions” - Shelter](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents trade body teams up with pro-pets group for survey](/upload/images/Pets/DogInHome(2)-400x310-min.jpeg)
Letting agents are to be quizzed to establish the true cost of damages to rental accommodation by tenants. The “What’s the damage?”...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Airbnbs equal homeless people, triggering call for short let controls](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CornwallHomes400x310.png)
Figures obtained by ITV News suggest that one of the country's most popular tourist locations has as many Airbnbs listed as...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shelter says eviction surge justifies scrapping Section 21](/upload/images/Logos/Shelterlogo.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter says new government figures reveal an increasing number of renters are facing eviction. And it warns that more renters are...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is Shelter right? Do high rents impact women more than men?](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims that women are impacted by homelessness more than men, and says rising private rents are a contributory factor. In a...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ending eviction ban added to homelessness - Shelter on warpath](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims the end of the eviction ban has contributed to creating over 274,000 people who are homeless in England right now, including 126,000 children. Shelter’s interpretation of official...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blames end of eviction ban for glut of pleas for help](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims its helpline has received 1,000 callers a day since the eviction ban began easing at the start of summer. It says...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter blasts government for unaffordable homes](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Shelter - so often critical of the private rental sector - has instead turned its fire on the government over what...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Shelter hits out, alleging evictions causing mass homelessness](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter says new official figures show evictions since the lifting of the ban have created a surge in homelessness. Shelter...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Grants covering Covid arrears will boost tenants’ health, says Shelter](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Shelter claims the health of one in five renters in England is harmed by poor housing, and says grants covering Covid-related...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental Reform White Paper still some weeks away, hints government minister](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Potential ‘cliff edge’ for renters and landlords as furlough winds up](/upload/images/Logos/NRLA-Logo-2020-400x310.jpg)
Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Charity: Covid debt crisis will escalate unless Universal Credit cut is reversed](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Millions of tenants ‘experience illegal landlord or agent behaviour’](/upload/images/Logos/shelter-logo400x310.png)
Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents back charity groups over poverty threat from benefit cuts](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark has joined a series of charities and a landlord body to warn about the poverty risk of expected changes to...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Beware of property and other investment scams - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Herd Immunity? For agents and 100 elephants, it’s a walk in the park…](/img/default/lat.png)
An estate agency has sponsored an eco-art exhibition that involves 100 life-sized elephant sculptures in a central London park. Savills has sponsored...
22 June 2021
From: Breaking News
!['No DSS' - apology by lettings agency after advertisement blunder](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Another Shelter report condemns state of British rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
Another report by the campaigning charity Shelter is critical of the quality of Britain’s private rental sector - and indeed the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Not-for-profit lettings agency wins top People award](/img/default/lat.png)
Sulets - a not-for-profit, charitable trust providing accommodation for students - has struck gold. It’s won a Gold award from Investors in...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 - government may make pledge today](/img/default/lat.png)
Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector skewed against tenants says prominent London Tory](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...
11 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Public cash for renters and scrap S21 insists another charity](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing charity Crisis says government statistics show almost one in five private renters in England in arrears or likely to fall...
23 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘No DSS’ - Agency unlawfully discriminated against tenant](/img/default/lat.png)
Another lettings agency has been found to have unlawfully discriminated against a tenant receiving benefits. Worthing County Court declared that Michael Jones & Company unlawfully...
21 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sleep Out to Help Out! Wonderful work by Knight Frank](/img/default/lat.png)
Knight Frank is this year’s headline sponsor of the LandAid Sleep Out, one of the causes many in the industry support. This...