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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

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

A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...

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

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

Propertymark says the regulation of property agents and the creation of a statutory Code of Practice can improve the transparency of...

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

An industry supplier owned by the Leaders Romans Group says the government’s pledge to reform - not replace - leasehold should...

Rent controls as currently in force in Scotland and under consideration in Wales will not be put into effect in England,...

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

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

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

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

In the face of stretched incomes, rising interest rates and escalating consumer prices, an increasing number of tenants are at risk...

A lettings industry trade body has written to the government urging fundamental reform of the court system to prevent it grinding...

New figures released this morning from The Property Ombudsman show that the overwhelming number of disputes in the past year involved...

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

The Renters (Reform) Bill rewrites many of the rules that the private rented sector has played by for decades. This may...

A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...

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

The controversial Renters Reform Bill is not the anti-landlord charter that some in the h system claim it to be. That’s the...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis - the man behind the Money Saving Expert website and TV shows - has backed the Renters...

Propertymark has added inspection and 360° tour software provider Inventory Hive to its industry supplier list. Jason Lee, commercial manager at Propertymark,...

An online newspaper has named the lettings agency at the heart of a high profile dispute with tenants over mould. The i...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting a webinar to help letting agents better navigate the dispute resolution process.   The service says...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...

The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlords must join. This is effectively the...

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

At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...

Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer says it’s time for agents to go for the ‘hard sell’ on Buy To Let,...

A much-hyped government proposal to introduce a Rental Mediation Service to resolve disputes, sustain tenancies and reduce pressure on the courts...

A mediation and conciliation service which has previously been restricted to landlords and tenants is now on offer to letting agents.  The...

A lettings agent has been banned from holding office in a company for 11 years for abusing Covid loans - but...

A former lettings agent who now helps tenants take legal action against landlords says 25 per cent of the complaints he...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

Data from different firms suggest there’s been an upsurge in the purchase of rent protection insurance by agents. Firstly Goodlord and Vouch...

Small and medium sized lettings agencies which have had running disputes with banks are being offered a lifeline - but must...

The overwhelming majority of people who live in shared rented properties say that the rising cost of household bills is likely...

The Property Ombudsman has reported a big rise in enquiries over last year and a huge rise since the pre-Covid year,...

The time taken to introduce legislation reforming the private rented sector is triggering an exodus of landlords, a lettings industry chief...

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

Agents, leaseholders and freeholders can gain an insight into one of the most contentious areas of leasehold with a free webinar...

The former director of a lettings agency has received a suspended jail sentence for making threats of violence against ex-colleagues in...

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

Many agencies have long-standing and unresolved banking complaints, for example regarding client accounts: now it’s been declared they have only six...

An end-of-tenancy PropTech platform set up by a high profile agent has announced a major enhancement to its service. The Depository was...

Agents have only four weeks to respond to a committee of MPs’ ‘call for evidence’ ahead of an investigation into the...

It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

The sweeping reforms for the private rental sector announced by the government at the end of last week do not go...

Today’s proposed changes to the private rental sector are the most radical for a generation. The first industry debate on this hot...

The government has released the full details of what it calls the Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper. This is to form...

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

A leading light in the Generation Rent group is disputing the findings of a Propertymark survey of letting agents.  Agents from businesses...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

Leaders Romans Group has entered a three year deal with The Depositary, which is claimed could save the group tens of...

The government is admitting that its rental reform agenda is aimed primarily at the north of England - which just happens...

Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...

The Queen’s Speech has confirmed that a radical re-shaping of the rental sector in England is being pushed ahead by the...

Speculation is growing that a high profile former leader of the Association of Residential Letting Agents may become the next chief...

An activist at the centre of a controversy involving a London letting agent has used a left-wing website to explain how...

Propertymark has stepped up its call for a dedicated Housing Tribunal to improve mediation and enhanced dispute resolution. The trade body also...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...

With the steady introduction of rental platforms and apps designed to bypass letting agents and property managers in the tenancy process,...

One of the country’s best-read and respected regional newspapers has accused Airbnb of a ‘racket’ by advertising homes on its short-let...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has received another £1.8m investment- just as it launches its own insurance service. The fundraise provides capital...

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily.  That’s the view...

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...

ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a new dispute resolution service as a quicker and less expensive alternative to court...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

Reluctance to move during the pandemic is thought to be a key reason for a sharp drop in tenancy disputes between...

New rules out for consultation concerning block management aim to improve professionalism across the sector, root out rogue agents, and increase...

A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...

The Property Ombudsman and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are seeking views of agents, landlords and tenants on a new...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

Propertymark has given its support to a free and independent dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service, which is being offered to...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

The government has launched an online checker in a bid to avoid disputes between landlords and tenants over the entitlement for...

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

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

The government has surprised observers by announcing that compulsory mediation over Covid-related arrears would happen in the commercial sector - but not...

Police were called to a protect outside a lettings firm in Oxfordshire after a crowd picketed the office over a dispute...

The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years.  Mitchell...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

The ban on bailiff-enforced evictions is now finally at an end and from today there is a change to the notice...

Last week’s bid by PropTech referencing firm Goodlord to draw a line under its long-running ‘fire and rehire’ industrial dispute has...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has ended with nine of the affected staff leaving the company after a lengthy strike. The Unite...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...