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An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

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

The Open Property Data Association has released a new version of its property data standards framework to help letting agents comply...

PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

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

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

Propertymark has set out its pro-agency position on a range of issues contained in the Renters Reform Bill, currently trundling through...

A new director of property has been named by the John Lewis Partnership, to lead its controversial Build To Rent initiative. Martin...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

It’s vital for agents to have a process in place to check documentation received at their office, to avoid potential claims.  This...

The John Lewis Partnership is said to be facing “extreme challenges” as a result of its bid to enter the private...

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

The Property Redress Scheme, one of two government-approved redress services, has produced a list of recently-expelled agencies. All agencies must be a...

PropTech provider OnTheMarket Software has integrated a digital e-signature service, Finch, into its TecLet platform.  The integration within TecLet claims to save...

The government has pulled together the latest guidance on Right To Rent, appropriate to landlords, lettings agents and home owners who...

HomeLet has launched a product to help combat tenancy fraud, which it claims has seen a 36 per cent rise since...

Prop-tech platform OpenBrix has revealed a strategic partnership with a digital identity provider, Yoti.  Through its app tlyfe, the collaboration will enable tenants...

OnTheMarket’s software off-shoot - called, appropriately enough, OnTheMarket Software - is launching a new management tool that it claims is the...

Marketing platform BriefYourMarket has announced a PropTech integration with SME Professional, a provider of management software aimed at letting agents. Started in...

Attempted fraud in the letting sector has risen sharply over the past two years, it’s been claimed. Tenant reference provider Homeppl claims...

Alto, Zoopla’s cloud-based software, has announced a new integration with popular lettings platform Goodlord. Goodlord is Alto’s only tenancy progression and onboarding...

Technology Blueprint Ltd (TBL) has just announced the integration of Document Signing and ID Verification provider Yoti Sign into its market-leading...

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

A new lettings regime that is described as the biggest change in many decades comes into effect tomorrow in Wales, with...

A lettings platform claims that as many as one in 20 rental properties may be let to criminals - that’s some...

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

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

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

Lettings Hub says there were 91,593 cases of tenant application fraud in 2021 alone, with the most common form of fraud...

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

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

Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...

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

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

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

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

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

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

A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...

A new Home Office code of practice comes into force today making changes to what letting agents in England need to...

A PropTech provider has launched a renter guarantor service after claiming there’s been a 10-fold rise in tenancy fraud in the...

One of the country’s most respected property lawyers is to discuss changes to rental processes live at a webinar aimed at...

The lettings and management platform teclet, owned by OnTheMarket, is now available to agents and property managers in Scotland. The product offer...

A so-called ethical lettings agency run jointly by two local authorities is handling private rental properties but is charging landlords just...

PropTech supplier Goodlord is to host a webinar on Thursday answering letting agents' questions onthe implications of the landmark ruling on...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

PropTech company Homeppl has launched two products that it calls “revolutionary fraud detection tools” for letting agents. One of the two technologies...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

Propertymark is advising agents to prepare for substantial changes to the Right To Rent process arriving in just two months time. As...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX.  The Lettings Hub says...

Zoopla has unveiled a new tenant document-sharing feature on its Alto service, which it says will help letting agents fulfil compliance...

The Home Office has confirmed that letting agents, landlords and employers will be able to use certified new technology to digitally...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

The Guild of Property Professionals has entered into a partnership with one of the many deposit replacement services now available. It’s teamed...

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

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

A new government survey of private renters is checking whether they received the correct documentation from their agent when they begin...

Research from lettings management software provider teclet shows how important 24/7 transactions are in the industry today. Results show that 33 per...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Alexander Siedes, CEO and Founder of Homeppl What is Homeppl and...

The House of Commons Library, an independent body not controlled by government, has published a detailed history of the many measures...

It’s an exciting time when prospective tenants show an interest in your listed property. However, it's important not to let that...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

Agents should go further in allowing tenants to have digital access to key documents such as contracts and fees information. That’s one...

A council has just launched it own publicly-funded lettings agency and wants private landlords to sign up. The 'Your Choice' lettings agency,...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ever-more sophisticated fraudulent documents being used in the private rental sector. The organisation recently requested agents to...

How up to date is your knowledge on notice periods, pets in rentals, electrical safety inspections and lodgers? This year we’ve...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

The newly rebranded Rightmove Landlord & Tenant Services has made improvements to the time it takes for an agent to request...

Agents need more clarity and transparency about the future of Right to Rent checks post-pandemic and post-Brexit, according to the UK’s...

The government has extended the ‘special arrangements’ for Right To Rent checks - these will now be in force until September...

Rightmove has announced what it calls “a new vision for its lettings service” and wants agent feedback on what they think...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

A compliance specialist is reminding the industry that the deadline by which letting agents must register with HMRC if they are...

The Home Office has told agents and landlords that Right To Rent checks can continue to be conducted via video calls...

Prominent industry software supplier Reapit and specialist repairs and maintenance service Fixflo have announced a new integration.  This allows Fixflo’s software and...

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

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

Virtual tour suppliers have been keen to reassure agents that there need be no repeat of problems which befell a Devon agent. Fowlers,...

Rightmove’s David Cox - formerly of the Association of Residential Letting Agents - is to talk through the Budget fallout for...

Tenant referencing. It’s a necessary evil.  Although most tenants are responsible and pay their rent on time, broke swindlers with dubious...

A new Right to Rent identity validation and storage system has been launched by industry supplier Canopy, in partnership with tech...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

The UK Association of Lettings Agents is recommending transparency in relation to the disclosure of referral fees to landlord clients. Last month...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

ARLA Propertymark is warning government that the majority of letting agents and landlords won’t be able to conduct retrospective full-scale Right...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...

A new PropTech app called Acaboom claims to send an alert when a landlord is viewing the agency’s marketing proposal. This means...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

  There is little doubt that the coronavirus has changed the way we live and rapidly created a new normality as different...