The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...
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14 July 2022
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Propertymark has entered into a deal with a PropTech firm to help it grow in Scotland. The partnership will see Homesearch collaborate...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News

Pre-booking is now open for what organisers call the year’s most exciting lettings event - Agent Rainmaker Live. Last year premier seats...
22 June 2022
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Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A key figure at Propertymark has joined popular lettings agency supplier The Lettings Partnership as commercial director. Sarah Davies’ role at Propertymark...
04 April 2022
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Belvoir has announced its franchise of the year, selected from the 166 offices in its network. It’s husband and wife team Ben...
25 March 2022
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Presenter, broadcaster and former Sky Sports anchor Kirsty Gallacher has been confirmed as the presenter of The Guild of Property Professional’s...
03 March 2022
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It’s now been made clear that there will be a detailed White Paper in the spring explaining radical changes to the...
07 February 2022
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‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...
29 November 2021
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ARLA has made it clear to attendees at next month’s Propertymark Conference and Exhibition in London that they must show proof...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the director of Generation Rent, is to be one of the speakers in a debate at the ARLA...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says the long-awaited Rental Reform White Paper will now not be published until...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...
07 October 2021
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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
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Labour Party conference that if her party wins the next General Election she will...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News

If you haven’t been to the Agent Rainmaker LIVE event before, then it is pretty difficult to explain how this event...
12 August 2021
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The first short lets sector trade bodies’ conference since 2019 is to be held in London on September 14. The conference -...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Property data service Homesearch is to host digital conferences each month through the rest of the year. They’re to be held via...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The annual ARLA Propertymark conference and exhibition, which wasn’t held at all last year because of Coronavirus, has been pushed back...
12 January 2021
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Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...
28 July 2020
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Registration is open for The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference, being held as a webinar later this month. The event can be watched...
10 June 2020
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Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...
12 March 2020
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The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...
17 September 2019
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The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A respected lettings and sales agent has opened up about his own mental health issues and those which exist thanks to...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...
24 April 2019
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A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...
03 April 2019
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The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings software provider teclet is launching its platform across the network of franchise agency Hunters. teclet has been working with Hunters on...
26 March 2019
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ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...
16 January 2019
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The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...
06 November 2018
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A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The government's director of rented housing is set to address the industry at an upcoming event open to letting agents and...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is one of the keynote speakers for the 2018 conference of the Association of Residential...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...
14 December 2017
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One of the government’s three approved official redress providers says companies operating in the Rent-to-Rent sector should be obliged to join...
16 November 2017
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The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...
10 November 2017
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PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...
23 October 2017
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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

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...
05 October 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...
03 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...
02 October 2017
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The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...
29 September 2017
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Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government. The announcement, made by Labour...
28 September 2017
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Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...
27 September 2017
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Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...
15 September 2017
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Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...
14 September 2017
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A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who...
09 June 2017
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A residential asset management firm has acquired The Landlord and Letting Show, The Landlord and Letting Awards and The Landlord and...
01 June 2017
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ARLA Propertymark says it will launch a campaign against the government’s proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants “in...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Agency software company Eurolink says there are ’10 easy ways for letting agents to grow their businesses’ - with most of...
30 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...
29 March 2017
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There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...
28 March 2017
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A leading insurance company says letting agents and tenants alike will suffer if the government’s proposed ban on fees levied on...
28 March 2017
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Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Vicky Spratt - whose blogging to highlight the various fees charged to tenants by letting agents triggered a campaign to get...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

In a sign of how prominent Build To Rent has become, this niche sector has now triggered a company to set...
23 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have joined forces to tackle lettings agents that are breaking the...
25 October 2016
From: Breaking News

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

An enterprising letting agency in the east Midlands is to stage a series of events under the title The Future of...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The team leader of the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is amongst a bevy of experts on a panel at...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...
07 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agents in Scotland have started to sign up to a new compliance programme which has the aim of stamping out...
25 May 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The National Apartment Association, the organisation that represents the Build To Rent sector in the US, has just hosted a UK...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo and the woman behind one of the world’s most successful fragrance brands, Jo Malone, are...
29 October 2015
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The Green Party candidate for London Mayor says protests outside the MIPIM property conference have her backing as they highlight that...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on OnTheMarket's venture...
09 October 2015
From: Video Articles

The private rental sector accounts for 22 per cent of all households in the UK according to a think tank. In an...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Peter Savage is to become the new president of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, with an emphasis on trying to...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...
19 June 2015
From: Features

Prominent landlord Liz Hodgkinson has hit out at the allegedly-high fees of letting agents who offer full management services, claiming their...
16 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...