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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...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference - for a second time. Back in March it was postponed until...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

Registration is open for The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference, being held as a webinar later this month. The event can be watched...

Lenwell is a busy lettings agency covering Luton, Dunstable, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Biggleswade, Hitchin and Northampton - and now, busy in...

Tomorrow’s National Landlord Investment show, scheduled for London’s Olympia, has been postponed because of the Coronavirus crisis. The organisers say they reached...

Letting Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat.  This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...

The chief executive of a new lettings sector trade body is to address his first conference next month, giving an indication...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

A prominent member of the House of Lords has given a surprising insight into how the fiscal and regulatory clampdown on...

Registration has opened for the 2020 ARLA Propertymark Conference, with an early bird discount available to members until January 24. The event,...

Welsh housing minister Julie James is to address agents, landlords and other property professionals at the Residential Landlord Association’s Future Renting...

Rent controls similar to those demanded by Labour in London and other major cities in the UK do not work, and...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused Labour of being thin on detail when it comes to the housing policies...

As expected, the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Bournemouth has backed a motion calling for the scrapping of Section 21 - effectively...

A Labour think tank considered on the right wing of the party says it wants rent controls that make a difference...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

A respected lettings and sales agent has opened up about his own mental health issues and those which exist thanks to...

The chairman of Hunters estate agency, who is also a Conservative MP, has hit out at the government over its handling...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...

Lettings software provider teclet is launching its platform across the network of franchise agency Hunters. teclet has been working with Hunters on...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

A row appears to be brewing over the decision of a Labour MP to attend next week’s Conservative conference to discuss...

The government's director of rented housing is set to address the industry at an upcoming event open to letting agents and...

A Tory activist has made an outspoken attack on the government’s policies towards the private rental sector on the pages of...

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, will is to reveal his vision for the private rental sector to a Residential...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is one of the keynote speakers for the 2018 conference of the Association of Residential...

Prime minister Theresa May has repeated that the current government will not introduce rent controls in the private sector. The issue of...

One of the government’s three approved official redress providers says companies operating in the Rent-to-Rent sector should be obliged to join...

The will exists in the private rental sector to provide the longer term tenancies advocated by the government, says a trade...

PropTech company PayProp says the government’s outline proposal for greater regulation of the private rental sector should be treated as good...

Plans for new measures regarding leasehold tenancies to help create “a fairer property management system that works for everyone” have been...

The National Landlords’ Association says the extra £2 billion in funding made available by the government for additional affordable housing may...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...

The Conservatives have used their annual conference in Manchester to unveil a raft of new controls and regulations applying to the...

The housing charity Shelter - which in recent years has been aggressively critical of letting agencies and landlords in the private...

Trade groups have reacted angrily to Labour’s proposal to introduce rent controls if the party enters government.   The announcement, made by Labour...

Jeremy Corbyn has used his leader’s speech at the end of this week’s Labour conference in Brighton to commit the party...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has told a major residential conference that rent controls will definitely not be a policy of the...

A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who...

A residential asset management firm has acquired The Landlord and Letting Show, The Landlord and Letting Awards and The Landlord and...

ARLA Propertymark says it will launch a campaign against the government’s proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants “in...

Agency software company Eurolink says there are ’10 easy ways for letting agents to grow their businesses’ - with most of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...

There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...

A leading insurance company says letting agents and tenants alike will suffer if the government’s proposed ban on fees levied on...

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...

It’s been a long time coming but the government’s White Paper on Housing - tipped to contain major reforms affecting the...

Vicky Spratt - whose blogging to highlight the various fees charged to tenants by letting agents triggered a campaign to get...

In a sign of how prominent Build To Rent has become, this niche sector has now triggered a company to set...

The Property Ombudsman scheme and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have joined forces to tackle lettings agents that are breaking the...

As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...

An enterprising letting agency in the east Midlands is to stage a series of events under the title The Future of...

The team leader of the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is amongst a bevy of experts on a panel at...

The line-up has been revealed for the so-called "Tenants’ Tax Summit” this week - the campaign rally for supporters of a...

Letting agents in Scotland have started to sign up to a new compliance programme which has the aim of stamping out...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is looking for three new regional representatives. One will cover Hereford, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire;...

The National Apartment Association, the organisation that represents the Build To Rent sector in the US, has just hosted a UK...

Former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo and the woman behind one of the world’s most successful fragrance brands, Jo Malone, are...

The Green Party candidate for London Mayor says protests outside the MIPIM property conference have her backing as they highlight that...

The British Property Federation is urging the government to focus on delivery of all housing tenures, not just owner-occupation. The call came...

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The private rental sector accounts for 22 per cent of all households in the UK according to a think tank.  In an...

As the Conservative Party conference continues, a leading Tory has warned that "there is much further to go" on removing buy...

One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...

There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has made it clear that Build To Let - the investment by institutions to build and then...

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...

Peter Savage is to become the new president of the Association of Residential Lettings Agents, with an emphasis on trying to...

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

Prominent landlord Liz Hodgkinson has hit out at the allegedly-high fees of letting agents who offer full management services, claiming their...

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So, a sigh of relief.  Most agents will be pleased with the election result - even if they are not Tory supporters...