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Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

Government figures suggest the UK population could reach nearly 74m as soon as 2036, largely attributed to rising net migration. This is...

Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...

Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...

Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...

The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...

The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...

Propertymark has created a series of fact sheets to help letting agents understand the Building Safety Act 2022, which carries complex...

A hate campaign against AirBnb appears to have been launched in a Welsh village. Newspaper reports say a sticker reading 'Death to...

A mortgage lender has conducted a survey of homeowners which has produced a string of anti-landlord and anti-overseas investor attitudes. Market Financial...

The Nationwide Foundation - a charitable foundation founded by the Nationwide Building Society - says the Renters Reform Bill should be...

Propertymark is backing the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential buildings in Wales. The Welsh Government is proposing to amend...

A combination of regular inspections and pro-active installation of ventilation can help to reduce the risk of dangerous damp and mould...

A national campaign warning about the dangers of damp and mould could help save lives, a property industry insider says. A recent...

Today we are publishing a letter sent to us regarding the death of a relative who was living in rental accommodation.  We...

Two members of Ellis & Co’s Mill Hill team have bought out the branch.  Ellis & Co Mill Hill’s Paul Glass has...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is being asked to take urgent action over housing conditions across social and private rental sectors.  Following the...

Following the recent inquest into the tragic death of two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, agents are being offered free awareness...

The number of long-term empty homes has risen in every region of the UK during 2022 according to new government figures. The...

The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...

A safety training service is warning of “alarming statistics” showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a...

Agencies and other businesses are to receive help facing soaring energy costs in measures outlined this morning by the government. Through a...

In a late night announcement it was confirmed by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities that Lee Rowley MP...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - but at this stage it’s...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A statement from...

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

The government has announced changes to tenancy notice periods in line with the phased easing of the pandemic restrictions.  Whilst some notice...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

Technology has completely transformed the lettings landscape over the past decade, but perhaps not in the way many expected it would. Letting...

A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...

A 23 year old lettings agent has tragically died from a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the thin...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

The death of the high street agency is a familiar headline, but PropTech can lower costs for bricks-and-mortar agencies and help...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

A post on a landlord website suggests that a new trade body is being set up to challenge the dominance of...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

One of Britain’s best known lettings agents has hit back at a journalist’s claims that the industry is in danger of...

A property managing agent has been ordered to pay £40,000 following the death of a woman at a fire at a...

The agency Leaders has been marking the 10th anniversary of the death of its founder Neville Lee, who was a key...

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow.  “As Gas Safety Week...

Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...

An inquest into the suicide of a well known local estate agent in the West Country has heard that there had...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. Charles Thornton was fined...

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...

A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...

A letting agency specialising in student accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director have admitted a series of breaches of...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

A Birmingham MP is to put a Bill to the House of Commons after the summer in his bid to stop...

One of the UK’s largest suppliers of carbon monoxide and smoke alarm testing products has launched a record-pad to help agents...

A judge is expected to rule in the next two weeks in the case of students being sued by a landlord...

A landlord has received a six month suspended jail sentence, has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service...

As if to prove the lettings industry’s concern over a lack of publicity for upcoming health and safety regulation changes, a...

Letting agents and property managers of blocks with fire doors are being urged to take their responsibilities more seriously. The warning comes...

Free seminars are being arranged to help letting agents get to grips with the legalities and praticalities of assessing legionella risk...

An electrical safety charity has written to the new intake of MPs to explain why electrical safety in Britain’s homes needs...

Letting agents and landlords are being warned that properties under their control meet regulations to prevent an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease. The...