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A new guide from Propertymark explains the rights which private rental tenants have - and sets out how they can challenge...

Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

Propertymark has responded to two consultations on the proposals to introduce electrical safety standards and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Propertymark is urging agents to give it their views on two consultations on health and safety issues coming out of Northern...

A council has prosecuted an agency and landlord for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar Homes Ltd...

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

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

Propertymark has set up a working group of experts, agents, landlords and stakeholders in response to radical reforms to the private...

One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...

There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...

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

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and...

The private rental sector has new electricity regulations taking effect next week, putting the emphasis on agents and landlords. The Electrical Safety...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

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

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

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

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

The government has withdrawn its latest electrical safety checks guidance for the private rental sector, with immediate effect. However, there remains...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. In...

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...

A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...

A new free online course has been launched to help letting agents understand the importance of regular electrical safety checks. The Electrical...

Select, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, is reminding agents and landlords that from December 1 there must be five-yearly electrical...

Students in rented housing are being let down by a small number of bad landlords and a failure by local authorities...

A landlord has been ordered to pay fines adding up to over £6,600.  Balwinder Singh Dhadwal was prosecuted at Dudley Magistrates’ Court...

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