ARLA Propertymark and a number of other property industry bodies wants Housing Secretary Angela Rayner to regulate letting and sales agents. An...
Archive
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Pro-regulation Labour veteran takes over industry body leadership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
The Property Institute - a body for the residential property management sector - has announced the appointment of a Labour baroness...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - groups still lobbying for further changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2078570446.jpg)
A coalition of higher education and student housing organisations have called on the government to make further changes to the Renters...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ desperate plea to prevent exodus of student landlords](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
Propertymark has called on the UK Government to prevent a mass exodus of student landlords. The news comes as a poll conducted...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Controversy surrounds Deposit Alternative schemes as probe begins](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Zero Deposit firm demands code of conduct to stop pressure-selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
One of the leading deposit alternative services has called for a code of conduct to step, amongst other things, alleged pressure...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Regulating agents - final day for comments about island regulation](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyContract-400x310.jpg)
Jersey is calling for views on whether the island’s estate agents should be subject to greater regulation. The island’s Economic and International...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on boards after code of conduct ‘ignored’ by agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-boards-400x310.png)
A local authority in Essex is cracking down on what it claims to be the increase of illegally positioned estate agent...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New call for letting agents to be trained, qualified and licensed](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents' wing of Propertymark says the recent expulsion of three agents from The Property Ombudsman demonstrates the...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on lettings agents triggered by MPs’ own experiences - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Trade bodies back latest rogue agent and landlord clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![ARLA tells tenants to “walk straight out” if agent suspected of illegality](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government reveals letting agents' mandatory qualification and code of conduct](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents' code of conduct could happen in England, says PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![ARLA says new Code of Conduct is watershed moment for industry](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents has described the introduction of a code of conduct and official register for letting agents...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![It's today - Letting Agent Code of Practice introduced in Scotland](/img/default/lat.png)
The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Lettings reformer and co-founder of ARLA remembered, 10 years on](/img/default/lat.png)
The agency Leaders has been marking the 10th anniversary of the death of its founder Neville Lee, who was a key...
22 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents must undergo training, government consultation reveals](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government considering new regulatory body for leasehold rentals](/img/default/lat.png)
Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Here we go again: Tories unveil slew of new controls for private rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why Landlords Still Need Letting Agents Despite Changing Regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...
20 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents' group calls on industry to prepare for new regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
Scotland’s largest professional organisation for letting agents is urging all those in the rental sector to ensure they are fully compliant with...