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New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...

At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...

A lettings agency manager stole nearly £140,000 from her company to help clear her son’s drug debt. Wendy Dare, 57, is now...

Numbers of possessions have soared in Scotland since the introduction of a rent cap and eviction ban according to DJ Alexander,...

Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...

One of Britain’s largest property companies may be sold in one of Britain’s biggest private equity deals. Sky News reports that Terra Firma...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent wants the government to help tenants clear Covid-related arrears through an overhaul of Discretionary Housing Payments. Enhancing these...

Private tenants and landlords across the country face a cliff edge as the end of furlough coincides with cuts to benefit...

A £360 million wall of rental debt built up during the pandemic, combined with cuts to Universal Credit, threatens to leave...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

Baroness Alicia Kennedy has accused the government of hypocrisy over its diverging approach to evictions for commercial and residential tenants. On Wednesday...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...

The head of the tenants’ campaign group Generation Rent has condemned the government as “reckless” for ending the eviction ban on May...

The government has admitted that “hundreds of thousands” of people will use the new Breathing Space system, during which they cannot...

There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...

An estimated 840,000 private tenants have arrears over the past year since the first eviction ban was announced, according to a...

Acorn, a prominent campaign group targeting letting agency offices for protests, says the latest eviction ban extension doesn't go far enough. While...

The government has announced a further extension to the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in England until May 31. At that point...

ARLA Propertymark is reminding agents about the controversial Breathing Space legislation coming into effect on May 4. The new rules are known as...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

Labour says the latest extension to the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions doesn’t go far enough to help tenants. The extension to the...

The government has announced yet another ban on bailiff-enforced evictions in the private rental sector. The existing ban was due to expire...

Another council wants an extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, which is scheduled to end on February 22.  Yesterday our...

Letting agents have joined forces with other players in the rental industry to demand the government finally get a grip on...

Teclet has announced another strategic partnership, this time with Kamma - a platform which specialises in agency compliance.   It’s the latest in...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

A leading trade body has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that some landlords face receiving no rent for two years.  In a...

The Welsh Government has launched a new Tenancy Saver Loans scheme to allow tenants to borrow to pay off arrears built up...

The Citizens Advice charity is warning it has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears.  And it says many...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

Campaigning organisations that demanded an extension to the evictions ban imposed because of the Coronavirus crisis have been quick to return...

The campaigning charity Shelter says young adults are more in danger of homelessness than any other age group - and puts...

The Generation Rent pressure group is wrong to claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help...

A group of private rental activists says Labour proposals to give tenants two years to repay arrears accrued during the virus...

The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...

Franchise giant Belvoir says it’s helping its franchisees “reshaping their businesses” to cope with the Coronavirus crisis. In a trading statement showing...

Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

A new report by a leading lettings sector expert cautions parents who are considering entering the Buy To Let sector by...

New research may explain why the government and Labour appear to be competing with each other to attack landlords and letting...

A letting agent who stole a reported £700,000 from clients has been jailed for five years and has been described by...

The Dispute Service (TDS) has announced today that it will provide dispute resolution for a new deposit replacement company.  The 'long-term strategic...

A convicted Surrey letting agent who used his clients’ money to cover his business debts has been ordered to pay £25,000...

A Bairstow Eves letting agent who stole over £21,000 in tenants’ deposits over two years to pay her own payday loan...

A letting agent who closed his New Malden firm leaving 17 landlords some £27,000 out of pocket has been jailed for...

The Basel Committee - an international forum which sets standards for bank regulations in individual countries - says financial institutions should place greater emphasis...