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The Property Redress Scheme, one of three approved redress operations, says it saw a 33 per cent increase in membership in...

The results of a survey of 2,000 people conducted by an online letting agency appear to make sombre reading for letting...

A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...

Former Countrywide chief executive and chairman Grenville Turner is one of a number of high profile new investors unveiled for Zero...

A no-holds-barred blog on a controversial website claims that it lifts the lid on being a letting agent in central London...

Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents.   The...

The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters.   Hackney council says...

The number of letting agents reporting rent rises over the past month is the highest for over a year according to...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

The flat fees for buy to let mortgages are now lower than they have been at any point in the past...

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...

Belvoir, which has over 300 high street offices, has acquired Brook Financial Services Ltd, which trades as Mortgage Advice Bureau, in...

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...

Bristol council is resuscitating a so-called ‘rental standard’ which it expects local letting agents to meet. Back in January 2016 Letting Agent...

The government’s proposal to limit tenancy deposits to one month of rent and reservation fees to one week of rent will...

The Prime Minister has confirmed that her minority Conservative government will press ahead with the ban on letting agents’ fees levied...

A company claims to have a package of services which would help letting agents overcome the widely-anticipated ban on fees being...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

Over a quarter of letting agents saw rents rise in May - the highest level since June last year when 28...

An alternative to traditional deposits, already tested in the German rental market, is now being introduced into the UK - and...

The National Landlords Association has come up with an unexpected possible side effect of the new Tenants’ Fees Bill - it...

The consumer group Citizens Advice says it welcomes the Queen’s Speech confirmation of the upcoming ban on letting agents’ fees levied...

ARLA has led a call by many letting agents on hearing the Queen’s Speech - what was the point of a...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

New research shows that thousands of landlords are using what are described as “risky online sites” in their bid to avoid...

At the latest meeting of the Fair Fees Forum, members described the current approach towards landlord licensing as a 'post code...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...

Research by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has identified that some 93% of local authorities have failed to issue a...

A group of letting agencies in Yorkshire have proposed to the government a radical alternative to the proposed fees ban -...

A string of corporate letting agencies plus ARLA Propertymark have again called on the government to reconsider its proposed ban on agents’...

Campaign group Generation Rent has provided material to The Guardian newspaper suggesting that a typical two-adult household is being charged letting agents’...

The proportion of landlords who use a letting agent to help manage their property has spiked since the end of last...

Online lettings agency Upad claims 20 per cent of landlords are set to increase their rents to their tenants thanks to...

A Build To Rent operator with properties in London and Glasgow is scrapping tenants’ deposits from the middle of next month,...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

Hunters says its franchise agents and offices may suffer less than other firms thanks to their sales operations.   Addressing the Hunters Group...

Tenant referencing company Rent4sure has set up a new team to support agents in the light of the expected ban on...

Chelsea estate agency Russell Simpson has appointed a new senior lettings director in a bid to boost the firm’s rental offering.  Having...

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...

The Labour Party has published its full manifesto for the upcoming General Election on June 8.  Titled 'For the many not the...

The UK arm of Sotheby's International Realty has announced that it has removed all letting agent fees while the government consults...

Landlords are increasingly looking to reduce the fees they pay to letting agents due to industry tax changes and increasing management...

A study of over 3,000 tenants has found that an increasing number of renters are 'very happy' with their living situation. LSL...

A two-branch letting agent is offering landlords 0% management fees for six months in preparation for the proposed ban on agent...

Agencies are responding to the latest criticism of their fees on tenants, levied by the pressure group Generation Rent.    The group -...

Airbnb has changed details on its website following a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.   The short-let platform’s website, seen on December...

The campaign group Acorn, which has in the past named individual letting agencies that it claims are charging unfairly high fees,...

The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...

A survey conducted for a property sales platform shows a very substantial majority of the public against any agents' fees being...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it has so far received over 700 detailed responses to its consultation on the...

The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the costs of tenant referencing must be exempt from the government’s proposed ban on...

Labour says there would be a ‘consumer rights revolution’ for the private rental sector if the party won the June 8...

A local authority consultation exercise on a licensing system for local landlords has been postponed until June 12, four days after...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has called for the London Mayor’s new rogue agents’ database to be extended to include those...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has given details of a mystery shopping exercise it has undertaken across over 280 letting agencies throughout the...

The anti-letting agency fee pressure group Generation Rent is urging its supporters to participate in the government formal consultation over agents’...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

Letting agents have reporting an average of four landlords per branch selling up and quitting the buy to let sector in...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is calling on the government to either extend the consultation period for the proposed ban...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...

The Department of Communities and Local Government is scrapping a series of workshops for letting agents to discuss the proposed ban...

Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...

The ban on letting agents in England imposing fees on tenants is unlikely to be implemented before late next year according...

The Guardian has accused a branch of Winkworth letting agency in south London of “grubby overcharging” for allegedly asking a new...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...

A prominent campaigner over the misappropriation of rental deposits has welcomed the news that government proposals to ban letting agent fees...

Who are you? Richard Price What does it say on your business card? We don't have our roles on our business cards. I...

The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...

ARLA Propertymark says it will launch a campaign against the government’s proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants “in...

The government’s formal consultation on its proposed ban for fees levied on tenants by agents has been greeted with derision and...

The government has finally unveiled its formal consultation process on the proposal to ban letting agents levying fees on tenants in...

The government has issued a new statement saying unequivocally that letting agents’ fees on tenants will be banned in England -...

Controversial Labour MP Stella Creasy has presented her annual awards to estate and letting agents in her London constituency of Walthamstow...

As the new restrictions on landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief come into effect this week, ARLA Propertymark has restated its objections...

Agency software company Eurolink says there are ’10 easy ways for letting agents to grow their businesses’ - with most of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is calling on letting agents in the organisation to contribute to their latest research.    “As part of our...

There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...

The Property Ombudsman and the Chartered Trading Standards Institute have announced a second phase of their campaign to tackle letting agents...

A leading insurance company says letting agents and tenants alike will suffer if the government’s proposed ban on fees levied on...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...

The Competition and Markets Authority says there is no time to undertake a review into the lettings market and the role of...

The substantial majority of landlords who now use letting agents will continue to do so even if they see their premiums...

A survey of students in Birmingham has discovered that over 44 per cent of respondents claim to have paid what the...

ARLA Propertymark and the Residential Landlords Association have written to the Welsh Government seeking a meeting to discuss a possible ban...

The Lettings Hub is broadening its offer to agents by launching a utility management service on top of its traditional referencing...

There was a sigh of relief amongst the lettings industry that yesterday's Budget introduced no new property taxes - but concern...

Citizens Advice has spoken out about soon-to-be-banned letting agent fees charged to tenants. The organisation's 'A State of Disrepair' report says that...

As the industry awaits the delivery of today's Spring Budget, the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called on the government...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

L&G, one of the biggest firms involved in Britain’s Built To Rent sector, has named the agency it is appointing to...

Professional independent inventories can save money for landlords at a time when tax changes threaten to make private letting for expensive...

1) Who are you? Kevin Ward – Director and founder of Agentlocator.co.uk 2) For those not familiar with Agent Locator, can you explain...

A fraudster has been jailed after being convicted on nine counts of fraud, theft and forgery relating to property firms which...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...