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![Financial services supremo joins board of safeagent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
An executive with four decades of experience in the insurance sector has joined the board of accreditation service safeagent as a...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants reveal biggest ‘deal breakers’ when looking for rental property](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829(4).jpg)
Data sourced from millions of Barclays current accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages rose just 1.5% year-on-year in June –...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for Starmer to review Energy Performance Certificates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants cross-party housing approach despite Labour landslide](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1487630333.jpg)
Just after welcoming the appointment of the new Labour government housing minister, Propertymark has gone on to call for a cross-party...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency regulation demanded by PropTech leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Regulation of lettings and estate agencies must be a priority for the government elected tomorrow, a PropTech entrepreneur demands. Sián Hemming-Metcalfe of...
04 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning - ‘new normal’ interest rates to be far higher than before](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the new President of ARLA Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Angharad Trueman, the group lettings director of Andrews Group, is the new President of ARLA Propertymark. She says her role as President...
28 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Activist claims “horrendous exploitation” by “profiteering” letting agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2167511393.jpg)
The deputy chief executive of an organisation funded by the Nationwide Foundation claims to have suffered “horrendous exploitation” at the hands...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy group slams “irresponsible” criticism of EPCs and assessors](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
The Property Energy Professionals Association - a trade group representing accreditation schemes for energy assessors - is complaining that it’s not...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision announced by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![No Excuse Not To Cut Rates Today - Agents’ demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114257(1).jpg)
Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb and Short Let Boom may be over says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents join call for Radical Reform of inaccurate EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Performance Certificates slammed as “inaccurate”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Material Information - PropTech tool launched to help agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(3).jpg)
Reapit has launched a new feature to help agents comply with material information guidelines from the National Trading Standards Estate and...
14 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters increasingly reconciled to not owning a home in future](/upload/images/shutterstock_87219307.jpg)
Data sourced from millions of bank accounts reveals spending on rent and mortgages increased 6.3 per cent year-on-year in May. Barclays data...
11 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock rise in compensation paid by letting agents last year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS guide for investors, landlords and other users at auctions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Property-court-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched what it calls an “impartial”guide for landlords, investors and others buying or selling...
05 June 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
![Rental Eco-grants and first time buyer help - Rightmove’s Election Wishlist](/upload/images/shutterstock_2028954719.jpg)
Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Beefed Up EPC must be priority for next government - call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Many agents relieved Renters Reform Bill dropped - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hot Money now on August Interest Rate Cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_1510264187.jpg)
Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents encouraged to get mystery shopping analysis of performance](/upload/images/shutterstock_2206920481.jpg)
Letting agents are being encouraged to sign up so a mystery shopper can assess their performance. KnowYourMarket, a market research firm in...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Yes to Regulation and No to Rent Controls - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
Propertymark wants Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities to regulate property agents via professional bodies such as itself. The Department for Communities is...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Want to save 25 minutes per transaction? PropTech link-up claims you can...](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Property Franchise Group is to roll out a partnership with PropTech firm Coadjute TPFG, the largest franchise estate agency group in...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove Money-Making Machine set to hike agent fees again](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Number one portal Rightmove has upgraded growth expectations in its latest statement to shareholders - and is again growing its average...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark not giving up on the Regulation of Property Agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of Property Agents - government slammed by Lords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The government’s failure to act on the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working party - chaired by Lord Richard Best and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![TV Property Guru to give keynote speech at Propertymark One](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
TV property guru and Move iQ founder Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One this year, the trade...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Tell Politicians - Stop Arguing and Repair Private Renting](/upload/images/shutterstock_2307084393.jpg)
Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates to stay high despite this week’s good inflation news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Foxtons to extend digital lettings service into sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards tells agents - Material Information is key so get on with it!](/upload/images/shutterstock_1125678230.jpg)
A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell Land Registry to be more accessible (and cheaper)](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants HM Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members. HMLR launched a consultation last month as...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned: Don’t be Left Behind when Regulation Comes In](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark is urging agents to get ahead of the curve and be ready for the next big initiative - Regulation. Propertymark has...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting cheaper than owning for most first time buyers says Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
For first time buyers, renting is cheaper than buying in most of the UK according to new data from the Halifax. London, the...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Expelled! Agency kicked out by Ombudsman for just £1,100](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Homes Under The Hammer - good times are here for auctions](/upload/images/shutterstock_477964318(1).jpg)
There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental trade group rebrands in bid to win broader appeal](/upload/images/shutterstock_1558380776.jpg)
A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gove accused of dragging his feet over agent regulation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - new RICS standard for agents to launch this year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCx400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold Reform Bill wins a big thumbs-up from agents’ body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the Sunak government to press ahead with leasehold reform ahead of the Second Reading of the Leasehold and...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Week ahead for interest rates and inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Prominent industry figure rejects need for agents to have degrees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
The chief executive of industry not-for-profit accreditation service Safeagent, says agents do not require degrees to enter the sector or excel...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulation of lettings agents imminent, suggests Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer. The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill should include regulating letting agents, says Propertymark](/upload/images/shutterstock_714410761(1).jpg)
Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents demand mortgage lenders cut rates to help market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2038493723.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenants to face lower energy bills - announcement this week](/upload/images/shutterstock_2394011787.jpg)
Respected energy industry consultancy Cornwall Insight says the price cap for the April to June period this year - to be...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Regulating agents will make property ownership more transparent - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_173521997.jpg)
Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile lettings agency chain sets minimum qualification goal](/upload/images/shutterstock_695871199.jpg)
Belvoir Group has linked up with Propertymark in a deal which they say will “help further improve standards and enhance financial...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket president welcomes latest lettings agency to drop Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark’s ringing endorsement for Material Information changes](/upload/images/shutterstock_1141644755(3).jpg)
Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove snaps up rental-focussed reviews website](/upload/images/shutterstock_2166900137.jpg)
A five year old consumer reviews website has been acquired by Rightmove. Homeviews was set up in 2019 and at the time...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Union slams Bank decision as workers face high rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_651677062.jpg)
A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour bid to regulate agents welcomed by major industry body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of lettings agencies in financial distress - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Thousands of lettings and estate agencies, and other property businesses, are in ‘critical’ or ‘significant’ financial distress, it’s been claimed. The latest...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs extending agency regulation and decent homes standard](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour’s backdoor bid to regulate lettings and estate agents at last](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer warns that Summer will be hectic for lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent rises outstripping inflation for past nine months - agency analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A leading lettings agency says 2023 was a record-breaking year for rental growth. The average rent on a newly let property in...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top agent slams latest rent control move as costly and complex](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning over rechargeable device fires in rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Lenders set out buy to let forecasts for 2024/2025](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top agent backs industry regulation in 2024 - the more the better](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour to ban bidding wars and offer new anti-social behaviour rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Regulate Agents in 2024 - Propertymark explains why it’s needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Agents’ trade body Propertymark says the current debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is another example of how agent...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove to use Spotify and YouTube as well as old-school TV ads](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The next phase of Rightmove’s 'believe it’ marketing push begins on Boxing Day, to coincide with the post-Christmas and New Year...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Last Ditch Bid to save unpopular freeholds from Gove’s law change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental Sector Won't Become Energy Efficient without Incentives - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes. Office for National Statistics...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents list major problems with Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![How investing in a CRM is the best way to NTS compliance](/upload/images/Ricardo%20Dawson(2).png)
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Watchdog slams GetAgent over misleading website claims](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Controversial website content by the high profile website GetAgent must never appear again, according to the ad industry watchdog. The Advertising Standards...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings Excellence - winning young agent named](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
High achieving agents in lettings and other sectors of our industry have been recognised at a prestigious London celebration. Learners, apprentices, employers...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards reveal details of new Material Information requirements](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(1).jpg)
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove shares rise as it takes even more money from agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2145128675(1).jpg)
Property portal Rightmove has increased its key revenue target in a bullish set of results which shows it has not been...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards links with Rightmove for CPR training for agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_2173235223.jpg)
Rightmove has teamed up with the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team to create a new course on compliance...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Business Rates - ‘last chance for government to help High Street’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
A prominent agency says tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s last chance to come good on the election promise to lower...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill is ideal chance to regulate agents says Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...
13 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
![Renters Reform Bill part of ‘brighter future for UK’ claims Sunak](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...
07 November 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
![Rate Rise Fears return after “bad news” inflation figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_263591438.jpg)
There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent control changes introduced for shared ownership homes](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
The government has changed the way shared ownership rents can be increased. This change will apply to the leases of new shared...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Public optimistic about housing market despite feeling worse off](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
UK consumers feel worse off than a year ago, but remain relatively optimistic about the property . That’s the conclusion of a...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Labour should champion lettings agent regulation - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...
09 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
![Scams expert joins board of The Property Ombudsman](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Help your landlords recover rent with PayProp’s effective arrears management tools](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/360X280_Image.jpg)
In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...
11 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Warning: Document review process essential for agency compliance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims. This...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove and RICS star at this week's big PropTech event](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
What is billed as Europe’s largest PropTech event takes place in London this week, on September 6 and 7. PropTech Connect will...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Watchdog to Probe Five Issues Involving Agents and Landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents welcome Trading Standards “clarity” on lettings terminology](/upload/images/shutterstock_266519690.jpg)
Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent Alert - Trading Standards new guidance on To Let wording](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investor confidence rising ahead of tomorrow’s inflation figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Not Good Enough! Property Ombudsman criticises private rental quality](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...