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A lettings agent says ‘times are changing with deposits” and claims more landlords and tenants are choosing alternatives.  The comment by Paul...

Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...

Deposit alternative supplier flatfair says it’s seen a 30% year-on-year increase in No Deposit tenancies. It also claims 14% more landlords are...

Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...

The number of tenancies ending in a claim for more than five weeks’ rent has risen to 17%, a deposit alternative...

Young people in London are taking on second jobs to get onto the property ladder, it’s claimed. Of the first-time buyers in...

Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership.  The partners claim the deal with combine reports...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is launching something called Complete Tenancy Management This claims to give agents tools to manage a tenancy over its...

Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...

A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...

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

Build To Rent developer and operator Dandara Living has struck a partnership with deposit alternative service flatfair. Dandara joins other BTR operators...

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

The percentage of tenants borrowing money to fund their cash deposits on their next property has risen over the last 12...

An online lettings platform claims to have launched the first “end-to-end self-service lettings platform” which could save landlords around £3,800. Hello Neighbour...

Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

There’s been a large rise in complaints and a huge increase in compensation according to figures out today from the Property...

Family-owned agency Boydens has signed a deal to offer deposit alternative service Reposit to landlord clients. Paul Buck, a representative of Boydens,...

A survey from property portal Share to Buy suggests that over three quarters of buyers believe they cannot afford to purchase...

The PropTech sector has mostly agreed with the rest of the industry in its view on yesterday’s Budget - that it...

Alto says it’s introducing new Lettings Progression functionality which will roll out in the first half of this year - so...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of suggesting a government proposal for the housing market is high-risk and could even...

Agency software service Alto has announced a new integration with Zero Deposit.  Research by Zero Deposit shows that 65 per cent of...

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

One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

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...

Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...

Deposit alternative company flatfair has announced a major new agency partnership with the Andrews Property Group.  Andrews branches will be able to...

Knight Frank has taken the unusual step of warning that Tory splits over Rwanda and immigration could force an early election...

The date has been set for the Spring Budget - the last before the General Election.  It’s to be on Wednesday March...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

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

The average cash deposit of five weeks rent rose by four per cent over the last quarter from £1,217 at the...

A government minister has pledged to act on the threat to lettings agents posed by banks acting against pooled client accounts. Many...

In September last year, flatfair, a deposit alternative provider, released their latest rental solution called flatfair Deposits, to the lettings market....

A controversial consultation document about rent controls is proposing that Build To Rent operators be exempt from the caps which may...

Proposals for rent controls made in a government consultation document have been slammed by a prominent industry commentator and PropTech entrepreneur. The...

Parents and pet owners are paying as much as £460 per month more for rent and bills, it’s claimed. The claim comes...

Thousands of pounds of landlords’ money may be lost as a result of the administration of high-profile London lettings agency Douglas...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Parsons, Head of Partnership Development What is flatfair and what...

A deposit alternative service says increasing numbers of renters need multiple sources of funding for traditional deposits. Zero Deposit says its survey...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...

New analysis reveals that other family members beyond parents are increasingly lending their financial support to first-time buyers.   So far this year...

A second lettings sector body is demanding government action over the problem of client account closures. Accreditation service Safeagent says the government...

New figures showing the growing size of first time buyer deposits suggest that many would-be purchasers will be staying with the...

The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...

Deposit alternative service flatfair has announced that its the first to integrate with The DPS. The integration will mean flatfair can offer...

A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected.  Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

A campaign group of activists says there have been only “few reports of dodgy behaviour” by agents and landlords in the...

Rightmove has launched the first rollout phase of products for agents, described as linking the rental journey from advertising and receiving...

PropTech rental platform  Goodlord has partnered with an open banking platform to enhance its tenant referencing service. Goodlord, which first integrated open...

The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...

Nearly a third of tenants are borrowing money to fund a cash deposit, a survey claims. A poll of 1,000 current renters...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...

A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

There’s been a big rise in the number of complaints about agents lodged with the Property Redress Scheme, which says it’s...

Atomic Consultancy, the specialist acquisition management business, believes that 2023 is likely to present significant opportunities for those looking to sell...

The Letting Partnership has been helping UK agents build successful lettings businesses since 2006. Despite the current challenging financial landscape, The Letting...

The Labour Party is to launch a major review of the private rental sector, led by the head of a London...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

Propertymark has beefed up its compliance team with a recruit from the lettings sector. Darren Kitchenside, who has been at My Deposits...

Legal & General says it’s seeing signs of optimism in different parts of the buy to let sector. Firstly it’s seen a...

Purplebricks has detailed the price it is paying for a lettings compliance blunder first spotted last year. It predicts that, at worst,...

A new study from Rightmove reveals what aspiring first-time buyers are most likely to cut back on in a bid to...

A council’s Trading Standards team is warning letting agents of a new clampdown on compliance failures. Stoke-on-Trent Trading Standards says it’s received...

An agency group in Berkshire says it has reduced tenancy deposit return times by some 80 per cent in just two...

Once again there is uncertainty over the future of the small lettings division of Purplebricks. The threat of redundancy hangs over staff...

According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, organisations worldwide lose $4.7 trillion to fraud each year, with real estate suffering...

What many believe to have been one of the nastiest TV adverts in recent years - Purplebricks’ attack on traditional agents’...

Zero Deposit is piloting a new product that provides six weeks’ cover on every tenancy, even when the renter selects a...

Shadow housing minister Lisa Nandy has unveiled a Charter for Renters which she says will be implemented within 100 days of...

More ‘old’ new faces have been drafted in to Purplebricks in a bid to improve its compliance and market performance. Last month...

* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - Deposit alternative service...

There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

Purplebricks has announced a new director of risk and compliance, following its lettings division’s high profile compliance error last year.  In Decvember...

Latest figures from the Tenancy Deposit Service shows a slight reduction in typical deposits for rental properties in England and Wales. At...

TDS, the dispute service, has announced an investment in PropTech organisation OpenBrix. This involves a licensing deal that will see OpenBrix’s tlyfe...

Purplebricks has set a date for a possible showdown with shareholders over the agency’s lettings compliance crisis amongst other controverisies.  It has...

A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...

Purplebricks has given its interpretation of how much its lettings sector compliance crisis has cost the company. Back in December the Daily...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...

The financial fall out from Purplebricks’ disastrous lettings compliance crisis is likely to be revealed next week. The troubled agency says it...