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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...

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

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030.  The firm says...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry.  The Local Housing...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...

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

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

Police are encouraging letting agents and landlords to regularly check properties following the discovery on a cannabis factory. Police attended the address...

A Leaders branch office revamp has been launched with claims of it being fully sustainable. The Lewes branch of Leaders - part...

A company that tries to encourage people to buy a home in ‘chunks’ says few first time buyers are interested in...

After nine years with the business, Goodlord co-founder Tom Mundy has stepped down as chief operating officer. An official statement from...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city.  The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...

A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

The government is, as expected, scaling back support for businesses with energy bills from April. Under the new and less expensive scheme,...

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his long-awaited Autumn Statement - the fiscal event which he says will lead to “all of...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

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

Propertymark has issued key points for lettings agents to note following the introduction of The Energy Prices Bill to the House...

A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...

Agencies and other businesses are to receive help facing soaring energy costs in measures outlined this morning by the government. Through a...

teclet, part of the OnTheMarket Group, has completed the integration of Muuvo into its lettings and management platform. The Muuvo platform uses...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

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Electric Vehicle charging points in rental properties are going to be expensive and should be planned and saved for now, according...

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...

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Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...

Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...

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

Over a quarter of lettings and estate agents say sustainability is just a box-ticking exercise and only one in nine have...

A lettings agent who has made a series of outbursts against landlords and councils, has now turned his anger on proposed...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...

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

Unite Students, the UK’s largest owner, manager and developer of purpose-built student accommodation, has been granted planning approval for a new...

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

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

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...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

A landlord has been fined almost £2,500 for breaching an improvement notice issued by Cambridge City Council. Noelle Salameh was fined after...

A Plymouth sales and letting agency has taken a number of measures to help raise awareness of climate change in its...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...

Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

Spring – the season of rebirth, revitalisation and regeneration – is now upon us, and it’s a time of the year...

A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

A property firm has been fined £32,134 and ordered to pay costs of £260 and a victim surcharge of £170 after...

A landlord is facing prosecution for failing to comply with various HMO regulations.  For the last two days, Paul Turner has appeared...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

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

A lettings agency in south London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...

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

A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...

Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...

Some 71% of landlords have not yet organised a carbon monoxide alarm in their rental property, according to a survey of...

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

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

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