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Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...

Just as COP26 is drawing to a close, so one of the lettings industry’s leading legal voices is warning that the...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

The government has pledged a White Paper to be issued in the autumn, dedicated to reform of the private rental sector. Some...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...

Leading property lawyer David Smith is to give agents an update on a key legal case at a webinar next week. Smith,...

Some of the most prominent names in the rental sector are taking part in a debate on threats and challenges for...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

A top property lawyer says a recent decision by bailiffs not to forcibly evict anyone in Tier 2 and Tier 3 is an...

Changes to the codes of practice surrounding Right To Rent are introduced on November 2, and tomorrow there’s a useful webinar to...

The Right to Rent scheme’s revised code of practice coming into effect next month does nothing to stop agents and landlords...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

There’s been an angry response by the rental sector following the latest attack by campaigning charity Shelter. The organisation claims that private...

The government has announced an additional £4m in funding for local councils to combat rogue agents and landlords - but it’s...

A prominent industry trade group says the new government must honour its manifesto commitment to strengthen the right of “good landlords”...

A trade body is warning of a crisis in the private rental market as new figures show a sharp drop in...

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...

As the battle of political policies continues ahead of next month’s General Election, now Labour has unveiled a raft of initiatives...

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

New figures just released by the government emphasise the significance of creating a specialist housing court says one of the lettings...

The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...

A leading trade body says the government’s latest injection of funds to help local councils root out rogue operators in the...

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...

A group of landlords in the North East are the latest to criticise Labour's plans to introduce a Right to Buy...

A leading lettings sector trade body says evidence shows the direct payment of benefit to landlords is the biggest possible contribution...

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

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

There’s been a fierce outcry from Conservative MPs and the lettings industry in response to Labour’s threat to give private rental...

Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rising by 1.3...

Private tenants are being disadvantaged because of the government’s focus on boosting homeownership. According to the latest figures from the Royal Institution...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

A leading industry trade body says the latest English Housing Survey report proves that criticisms of the private rental sector’s costs...

A leading trade body is urging the candidates to lead the Conservative Party to adopt a more positive approach to the...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been given a message from a consortium of groups this morning - Scrap Right To...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

A trade body has hit out at government policy following a think tank’s claims that young people are less mobile because of...

The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...

Housing minister Heather Wheeler has pledged that the government will make changes to the court repossession process alongside its plans to...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

The Residential Landlords Association is threatening a council with a judicial review because of unresolved concerns over the authority’s selective licensing...

The agency industry has reacted in a broadly downbeat way at the relatively few housing-related proposals that were announced in yesterday’s...

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...

The ongoing debate over some letting agents and landlords allegedly refusing to accept tenants in receipt of housing benefit has now...

A leading trade body says EU citizens living in the UK run the risk of losing their rental homes without swift...

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...

A trade body has stepped up its calls on government to help the lettings industry do more for older renters. Responding to...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

A trade body says it wants more clarity from the Labour Party on its proposals to allow private sector tenants to...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...

The industry is awaiting details of the latest government consultation concerning the private rental sector which will consider longer tenancies. The consultation...

A trade body says there are 15 formal government consultations going on within the private rental sector - and now it’s...

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

Almost a fifth of landlords say they are now less likely to let to EU nationals or people from the European...

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

One of the leading eviction specialists is calling for unregulated companies offering similar services to sign up to redress schemes in...

Former Conservative Party leader and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith is set to speak at a lettings sector event...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

The ban on letting agents in England imposing fees on tenants is unlikely to be implemented before late next year according...

The government’s formal consultation on its proposed ban for fees levied on tenants by agents has been greeted with derision and...

A survey of 1,000 buy to let investors by the Residential Landlords’ Association shows that around a quarter are saying they...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says a period of economic and policy confusion lies ahead for the private rental sector as a...

An industry body says proposals by the Bank of England to curb buy to let lending are “premature.” The Bank’s Prudential Regulation...

The government has been told to back off its criticism of buy to let landlords and instead do more to address...

The Residential Landlords Association is warning private investors not to be lured by firms offering schemes which allegedly promise to help...

Chancellor George Osborne has “effectively declared war on individual landlords” according to the Residential Landlords’ Association - but don’t expect a...

The government should rein in its plans to transform the way Houses in Multiple Occupation are licensed. That is the view of...

The Residential Landlords Association is calling on MPs to support a measure being proposed in the House of Commons that would...

There has been a mixed response from the private rental industry following the announcement that Right To Rent checks will become mandatory...

Over 60 per cent of private sector landlords face being pushed from the basic to higher rates of income tax as...