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

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

The all-party House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has urged the government to get on with establishing a regulator of...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...

Leaders Romans Group has acquired three major lettings, sales and surveying businesses operating multiple branches across London, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove to remind him of the importance of regulating letting and estate agents. The trade...

A lettings agent who describes himself as “a responsible and ethical property professional” has met with a Liberal Democrat MP to...

Clyde Valley Lets - which describes itself as an ethical lettings agency - has unveiled a new website as the organisation...

Small but fast-growing agency Propertynest has been confirmed as a British Franchise Association member. BFA members commit to running an ethical standards-based...

A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...

Registrations are now open for Propertymark Qualifications’ multi-discipline Level 4 Certificate in Property Agency Management. The trade body describes this as a...

A lettings agency which describes itself as “ethical” has been honoured with an award linked to the United Nations. Homes For Good...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

A not-for-profit company that matches rental properties with vulnerable tenants in need of accommodation has partnered with a maintenance firm to...

A lettings agency in the Brighton area which describes itself as “ethical” is closing down due to staffing issues and the...

The Association of Residential Managing Agents and the Institute of Residential Property Management have been merged under the name The Property...

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

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, says he wants to clamp down on the private rental sector. In his manifesto for next month’s...

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...

The industrial dispute involving Goodlord has escalated with protests outside agency offices using the lettings platform, and the creation of a...

A letting agency comparison website is offering a free month of landlord leads - so long as agents try a Vegan diet. Rentround insists...

Activists from the so-called renters’ union Acorn have held a protest outside the office of a lettings agency in Oxford. A photograph...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

A roundtable discussion of rental industry leaders has produced a recommendation for the mandatory regulation of lettings agents. The objective, they say,...

Countrywide’s high-end Hamptons International brand says it’s growing its lettings business “ethically and sustainably, regardless of market conditions.” It has ended the...

A new ethical letting agency has launched in partnership with a housing association and is promoting its low fee structure. Home Makers,...

The government’s plan to scrap Section 21 is personally backed by the Prime Minister and will begin formal consultations today. If the...

A local authority is setting up a not-for-profit ‘ethical’ lettings agency and is aiming to woo landlords with a promise of...

Student rents in some parts of the country have risen by as much as 18 per cent in the past year...

A crowdfunding site describing itself as an ‘ethical investment platform’ is the first international crowdfunder to enable investment in debt-free buy...

A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...

The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...

A so-called 'ethical lettings charter' established by a group that has campaigned against some letting agencies, is set to be adopted...

A “lettings agency with a conscience” that wants to put £30,000 into the local community over the next two years has...

Few subjects have generated as much discussion among the private rented sector in recent months as the government's Right to Rent...

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...

London letting agency Branch Properties has launched a service specifically aimed at meeting the accommodation needs of disabled people in London....

A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...