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Agents are being urged to campaign to change Labour’s Renters Rights Bill to stop it damaging the lettings industry. Neil Cobbold, commercial...

A prominent lettings agent says banning agents and landlords conducting bidding wars for a rental property is not addressing the real...

David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...

A lettings agency is offering tenants guidance on what it calls “how to jump the rental queue.” Benham and Reeves outlines a...

Propertymark has warned Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister against scrapping Section 21 eviction powers without an adequate replacement. If Angela Rayner does fulfil...

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...

Knight Frank says the incoming Labour government faces a potential clash between what is politically desirable and economically possible, in terms...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

A female-run block management company says it’s achieved a 30% growth in its client base - and it doesn’t take kickbacks...

Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...

The next Government should create a separate Ministry of Housing and encourage MPs of all parties to work together to solve...

Bristol’s latest Build To Rent scheme from Grainger claims its pre-leasing phase has exceeded expectations with over a third of homes...

Shelter has spoken out in favour of what it calls “bold” commitments by Labour on the private rental sector and house...

Knight Frank is suggesting that a growing degree of uncertainty is hitting the rental market, particularly the high-end sector in the...

Agents, and others in the lettings industry, have given a sceptical response to the Conservative manifesto and its varied pledges about...

A pro-tenant group wants the next government to take Right To Buy properties back to public ownership when they come up...

A prominent solicitors’ firm says the failure of the Renters Reform Bill to become law may have attracted headlines but the...

A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...

The agents’ trade body says many in the industry will be pleased that the Renters Reform Bill has bitten the dust...

The failure of Labour and Conservatives to agree that the Renters Reform Bill should become law by July 4 has been...

Propertymark has stepped into the row over whether there should be more controls over second homes, holiday lets and people from...

As the Renters Reform Bill makes its way through the House of Lords, Propertymark has advised peers not to miss this...

The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...

The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

A lettings sector trade body predicts that the House of Lords is unlikely to make substantive changes to the Renters Reform...

Campaigning charity Shelter is demanding an overhaul of the Renters Reform Bill, which will shortly begin its passage through the House...

Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

A trade body representing Build To Rent operators claims that the sector “already accommodates the Bill’s proposals” in terms of tenants’...

Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

Propertymark says it will continue lobbying government for the implementation of the Regulation of Property Agents - even though the government...

A major agency has told the government to get on with ensuring the Renters Reform Bill is passed into law as...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

A government-supporting newspaper says the Renters Reform Bill will be back in the House of Commons next week. Observers have been expecting...

Developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its luxury development of Build To Rent apartments in Sheffield. Sheffield Gardens will include...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

Tenant groups and charities reacted angrily over the Easter weekend to the proposed changes to the Renters Reform Bill being advocated...

The government has written to Conservative MPs promising changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ease concerns over its anti-landlord bias. Jacob...

Propertymark is highlighting new advice for agents and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the website of The Dogs Trust charity. The...

Propertymark has welcomed proposed reforms to evict tenants who show persistent anti-social behaviour.   In 2018, a Northern Ireland Department of Justice consultation...

Propertymark will appear in front of the House of Lords’ Industry and Regulators Committee tomorrow morning, urging the regulation of lettings...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

Labour has waded into the increasingly-fractious debate over the Renters Reform Bill. Activists in groups such as the Renters Reform Coalition and...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

While most agents remain relatively tight lipped about party politics, the chief executive of Purplebricks has said the Tories should take...

A pressure group unhappy about lack of progress on the Renters Reform Bill wants MPs to be bombarded with complaint emails.  Over...

Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...

The government has done a U-turn on its original policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum...

A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

The long-awaited Third Reading of the controversial Renters Reform Bill will not happen this week according to the Leader of the...

Propertymark's latest research report suggests some letting agents want radical changes to the Renters Reform Bill now going through Parliament.  The aim...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

A prominent housing market commentator says Labour would introduce a tougher version of the Renters Reform Bill if it forms the...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

Propertymark has listed a string of legal reforms it wants as part of the government’s modernisation of the court process -...

Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...

Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

The shareholders of OnTheMarket have reached their decision on the portal's controversial takeover by CoStar.  A statement released this afternoon says: "The...

Leaders Romans Group is calling for a Landlords Reform Bill to balance the challenges and apparent disincentives now deterring landlords from...

With less than a week to go before the Court Meeting and the General Meeting which will decide the fate of...

The prominent independent advisor ISS - Institutional Shareholder Services - has publicly backed the OnTheMarket board and is recommending shareholders vote ‘for’...

A webinar is being held tomorrow, aimed to urging agents to get ahead of changes to the industry likely to be...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

A row has broken out over Section 21 between Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and an all-party...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

A senior Propertymark official will today tell MPs of the industry’s concerns about the Renters Reform Bill. The Bill has reached the...

Propertymark says it’s delivering a powerful message to the Scottish Government - despite losing a recent key legal case. The agents trade...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the Renters Reform Bill will be mentioned in today’s King’s Speech - and is part of...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur has written to MPs outlining detailed plans that he believes would ensure the controversial Renters Reform Bill...

A lettings and property management platform has broken ranks with much of the industry over the Renters Reform Bill.  While most agents...

MPs have given the Renters Reform Bill its Second Reading - a procedure which means it now continues into the Committee...

The latest stage of the Renters Reform Bill - and the likely delay in the abolition of Section 21 - will...

The government has been warned by trade body Propertymark that the controversial Renters Reform Bill must fairly reflect the importance of...

More details have emerged of what appears to be a sort of stay of execution for Section 21 eviction powers. The abolition...

The government has pledged that section 21 repossessions will not be scrapped until improvements have been made to the way courts...

Propertymark has backed the idea of a new property tribunal system for Wales to simplify court processes. The proposal merges nine current...

Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

Propertymark says it hopes that a Welsh Government White Paper proposing that nine devolved housing tribunals are consolidated into a single...

Local media in one of Britain’s busiest cities for rentals says tenants have been left in tears as a result of...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says a new How To Rent guide will be issued today, October 2. Letting...

A prominent agent has called on politicians to scrap the Renters Reform Bill . He says it’s “ill thought-through and would be...

An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...

The Select Committee that shadows the work of Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is complaining that its...

A lettings trade body is urging the government to make clear how it will help courts tackle a growing backlog of...

A legal advice service for landlords and their agents says it’s identified several areas with particularly lengthy delays in finding court...

A Build To Rent scheme is now ready for move-in by tenants, following the completed conversion of an ambulance station into...

Rental sector organisations have been given an indication by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that a new How...