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A deposit alternative service claims online searches by tenants reflect increased uncertainty over affordability. Deposit alternatives are under scrutiny at the moment...

One of the players in the controversial Deposit Alternative field is stepping up its case for this kind of service to...

The average rental deposit in the UK is now £1,434, based on the requirement that a deposit is set at up...

Trading Standards officers check for agents’ compliance by scrutinising their websites, it’s being claimed. Agents are being warned to ensure their websites...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

A call has been made for the best letting agencies and other rental sector professionals to show how they comply with...

Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...

London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

As part of SAFEagent Awareness Week, which finishes today, letting agents have been provided with a free webinar covering compliance. The webinar...

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...

A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges.    Back in 2015 Camden...

The government is being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to do more to enforce compulsory fee disclosure. Since May 2015,...

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

Lettings agents have been issued fines totalling £14,100 by a local authority for failing to comply with consumer rights laws.   Officers from...

Lettings guru David Lawrenson has given an unusual perspective on the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’ fees on tenants in...

Lettings agents are being invited to take part in a national online survey launching today and seeking to get an industry-wide...

A law firm called CaseHub says it is launching a “once-in-a-generation fight back against extortionate letting agent practices” in the shape of...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced that it has joined the Property Redress Scheme (PRS).  With over 700 members,...

A local agency in Essex is accusing an unspecified number of rival firms in the area of not publicising their fees...

A local council claims around 90 per cent of the 100 or so letting agents operating within its area are breaking...

One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...

An organisation that describes itself as “an independent group of private renters” says it has identified 21 letting agents out of...

It is now a statutory duty for letting agents to fully publicise the fees they charge to landlords and tenants.  Under the...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what...

A set of ‘fees templates’ have been created for letting agents to download ahead of the legal requirement to display details...

It’s now just one month until all letting agents have to do what most have done for some time - publicise...