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With the tenants’ fees ban just five weeks away focus is shifting to how agents can make up for lost income...

A senior lettings agent has raised the spectre of rental properties in future being German-style ‘empty shells’ - without even white...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it backs a new Trading Standards-led body which will enforce the Fees Ban starting  on...

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

A new utilities management platform for tenants says it will generate additional revenue streams for letting agents. Love Resident gives tenants online...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...

Staff are usually a business’s biggest fixed cost, but did you know that the true cost of an employee is almost...

One of the country’s largest networks of franchised lettings agents says the impact of the Fees Ban coming into effect in...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme is the latest player in the private rental sector to launch online tools to help letting agents cope...

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has launched a 10-element tool kit for agents ahead of the fees ban on June...

Belvoir Lettings has continued its solid growth with a trading statement revealing a 40 per cent rise in pre-tax profit and...

The government has issued new guidance notes on the Tenant Fees Act, aimed at agents, landlords and tenants. The publications come ahead...

PropTech company Goodlord is the latest entrant in the deposit alternative field. Under Goodlord Deposit Replacement Insurance agents can provide landlords with...

The mandatory Client Money Protection scheme membership that comes into effect today will protect landlords and tenants from letting agents that...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

It’s a vital time for letting agents to hammer home the benefits of buy to let and the dangers to landlords...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc) (Wales) Bill passed its final hurdle in the Welsh Assembly yesterday evening. This has similar policies to...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

New ‘best practice’ guidance to letting agents and landlords has been introduced ahead of the introduction of the tenants’ fees ban...

Hamilton Fraser’s Academy programme has announced its next workshop, on May 14, to target how lettings agents can future-proof their business...

An online lettings service says it will pay existing tenants for finding replacements and handling viewings, in a bid to reduce...

The JLL lettings agency is warning that the five week deposit cap enshrined in the Tenant Fees Act is likely to...

The ban on tenants’ fees beginning on June 1 presents an opportunity to overhaul the private rental sector, says a property...

Numerous regional independent agency chains have joined Zero Deposit, one of several rental deposit replacement schemes to have appeared in recent...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

An online platform says its management service for landlords can vary depending on individual client needs - a vital response to...

More tenants are seeing rent increases, according to the latest market snapshot delivered by the Association of Residential Letting Agents. It says...

Northwood, which is part of the Belvoir group, is launching a new TV advertising campaign to highlight its Guaranteed Rent Scheme. “We...

Belvoir says a survey of its franchisees shows that Brexit is having what it calls “a significant impact” on the rental...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

Online agency Upad has made another change to its charging structure. It has recently introduced revised packages for landlords, payment via Direct...

A letting agent in east London has been fined £4,000 after apparently publishing the incorrect fees that it levies on tenants...

The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...

Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...

The tenants’ fees ban coming into effect from June 1 could help traditional lettings agents keep their place on High Streets,...

The chief executive of a still-to-be-launched property portal says Christmas may have come early for letting agents because of the “huge...

A rental platform says it welcomes government plans to overhaul redress for tenants and others in the housing system but it...

The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

Outsourcing. Everyone has an opinion on it and there’s a stigma surrounding it in the lettings industry. But get this…letting agents ARE...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

Belvoir has this morning told shareholders that the effect of the Fees Ban coming into effect in June will be less...

Tenants are in for a rocky ride this year - and it’s chiefly the fault of government, says the chief executive...

Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...

Lancasters Estate Agents on the Isle of Wight has been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority over...

TV property pundit Phil Spencer, who now runs property advice site MoveIQ, says letting agents may introduce new administration fees on...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

The chief executive of the Citizens Advice consumer charity says she wants government “to do even more to strengthen the hand...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

A warning has been issued to lettings agents to review tenancy agreements to see if they are fit for purpose when...

A new league table of worries for landlords shows exactly why letting agents are needed - and a lot of the...

A lettings agency boss who says she is actually in favour of the agents’ fees ban nonetheless admits there will be...

English letting agencies could lose over £60,000 each in the next two years alone as a result of the Tenant Fees...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

It’s 2019, and we may all be wishing each other a Happy New Year, but for UK landlords, the outlook might...

The Residential Landlords Association’s membership has hit a new high of 35,000.  Established in 1998 the not-for-profit association - which describes itself...

Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...

As 2018 ticks away and 2019 beckons, it’s time for everyone at Letting Agent Today to wish you, your family and...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has revealed that it will shortly choose which local authority will be the...

With 2019 almost upon us, letting agents are finally unburying their heads from the ignorant bliss of the sand pit and...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

The number of tenants saying they are using letting agents to find a place to live has increased 12 per cent...

The death of the high street agency is a familiar headline, but PropTech can lower costs for bricks-and-mortar agencies and help...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

A London-focussed ‘rental brand’ called Residently has just secured £2.5m in funding.  Residently manages houses and flats for landlords, letting them directly...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

The acquisition of popular rental sector utility provider Spark Energy will “significantly benefit the rental sector” according to the troubled company’s...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says agents who accept that the lettings fee ban is coming and who plan positively for its...

The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The chief executive of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker is warning that mortgages for landlords are likely to become...

The party conferences of the two main political parties threw up some interesting developments with regards to housing and the rental...

An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...

A property management firm is launching with a claim that its charges are under a third of some rivals.  Online service ManageMyHome...

Good tenant referencing should include awareness of would-be renters’ social media history according to RentalStep - but it says more thorough...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

A PropTech provider of inventory services says its new tool will significantly cut pre-tenancy admin for letting agents and landlords. No Letting...

A council-run lettings agency looks likely to be scrapped after it apparently lost some £53,000 - even though it manages only...

November 5 is the next key date for the passage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill, the measure which is likely to...

A lettings agent says the fees ban expected to be introduced next year may end up indirectly helping to save the...

PropTech repairs service Fixflo has published its latest annual report on the industry, based on information from over 400 lettings professionals...

A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...

The head of the online lettings agency recently scooped up by Emoov says traditional lettings agents have made a rod for...

A call has been made for the Tenants’ Fees Bill to be made even stricter following a claim that over a...

The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes”...

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

A new branch of franchise agency Century 21 has opened in Chelmsford with two unusual pitches - its own ‘ban’ on...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

Here’s a date which the private rental sector may want to make a note of…even if it is with some nervousness. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released details of its response to the government’s official consultation on possible three year...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

Belvoir says a surge in business for its Assisted Acquisition Programme is because of the challenging market and upcoming fees ban...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

It’s been announced that the next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be its Second Reading in the...

MPs have proposed a series of amendments to the Tenant Fees Bill as part of its Report Stage and Third Reading...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

An agency claims that the acquisition of a competitor’s lettings department has allowed it to save two companies, avoid cutbacks and...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

If you’re a landlord who owns a buy to let property or perhaps a portfolio and need to raise money against...

Propertymark has launched a new Client Money Protection system, Money Shield, with a support statement from much of the lettings sector...

Two independent agencies have joined forces in a bid to minimise damage caused by next year’s ban on fees levied on...

LetsBid, a digital online auction service for lettings and sales, has extended its pre-screening service for agents with a new agreement...

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...

A new online rental platform claims that landlords could save enough to afford an additional holiday this year if they signed...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

Connells Group says a growing number of small-scale landlords are likely to quit because of the tax and regulation red tape...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...

An insurer is launching a new referral scheme for letting agents to market to landlords and tenants as a way of...

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...

Letting agents and landlords have been warned to expect a possible rise in arrears in the coming months if conditions in...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...

A new lettings agency set up at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset says it’s setting out to atone for the misdemeanours of nearby...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

A Member of Parliament who says “the majority of agents” engage in “dirty tactics” when it comes to fees imposed on...

The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...

A prominent PropTech startup is questioning whether long-term tenants need to go through the traditional referencing process when moving between rental...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

A Build To Rent company that scrapped deposits for tenants a year ago says it has saved renters almost £3m in...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

A high-profile landlord says the upcoming ban on letting agent fees 'can't come soon enough'. Writing a column in the Evening Standard's...

The chief executive of the UK's largest franchise agency, Belvoir, says the number of letting and estate agents will 'undoubtedly fall'...

Letting agents - and anyone with ‘relevant expertise and experience or a special interest’ - have been invited to provide their...

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...

The Lomond Capital acquisition bandwagon continues apace with the latest independent to be snapped up being the well known Bonett’s Estate...

Grainger, the UK's largest listed residential landlord, has snapped up a 132-flat Build To Rent scheme in Southampton for £27m.  The project...

Countrywide - which is making the lettings sector a key part of its ‘back to basics’ programme - is proposing to...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says he welcomes reforms currently moving through Parliament to professionalise the lettings sector - but he wants...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

The scramble for members amongst rival redress systems continues apace. Earlier this week The Property Ombudsman announced it was to waive joining...

Build To Rent operator and long-term volume landlord organisation Grainger says it is pioneering five-year leases “in a bid to overhaul...

Franchises giant Belvoir says there are over 10,000 potential acquisition targets which could be wanting a way out of the lettings...

The Property Franchise Group has given an insight into the effect of the ban on lettings fees likely to be introduced...

Belvoir has reported a year of strong growth in 2017, with group revenue up 14 per cent and pre-tax profit soaring...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

Foxtons is warning that the private rental sector - traditionally a strong earner for the company even in times of challenging...

A consumer group says that the Tenants Fees Bill - which will eventually ban letting agents’ fees levied on renters -...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

Proposals to cap security deposits for private rented housing to six weeks rent risk creating a charter for rent cheats warns...

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...

A Kent county councillor says letting agents “would have to be pretty dumb” to allow a situation arise whereby they would...

Yorkshire estate agency Linley & Simpson has completed a hat-trick of acquisitions taking its letting portfolio past the milestone of 5,500...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector is urging letting agents to use the 2019 lettings fee ban as an opportunity...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

The government has pledged to begin a review of the selective licensing across the private rental sector once MPs return from...

Belvoir has announced what it calls “a significant acquisition” by one of its franchisees, which is set to add almost £1m...

The Welsh Government’s housing minister has tweeted that the results of a formal consultation process on a ban on agents’ fees...

The sittings of the select committee looking into government proposals to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants resume this week...

A new survey claims that 42 per cent of private sector tenants are unhappy with paying letting agents’ fees, despite the...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Belvoir has told its shareholders that it aims to acquire agencies that exit the lettings sector when the ban on fees...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

A lettings agency operating in Cardiff has expanded its business and now donates 15 per cent of profits to a local...

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has released details of the evidence it put to the Communities and Local Government Select Committee which...

Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...

The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

The head of franchise giant Belvoir says government interference in the rental sector is likely to result in a rise in...

An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...

An Essex lettings agent has explained why he has set up an online petition calling for a reversal of the government’s...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

This week’s news that the government will not be implementing the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

The government has explained why the ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants will not be implemented until spring 2019 -...

The government has told NALS that implementation of the ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants will not take place...

A lettings agency has written to MPs setting out an eloquent case for a cap on agents’ fees levied on tenants...

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...

ARLA and NAEA Propertymark have introduced a raft of deals in a bid to save agents money.  Membership subscription fees will remain...

Today sees the return of MPs to Parliament following the Christmas break, and one early task is to hear oral evidence...

The Communities and Local Government committee of MPs will on Monday hear their first oral evidence of the year for the...

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

The government has started tweeting that it is to ban letting agents’ fees in England - but still isn’t revealing when...

Franchise giant Belvoir has given a glowing report to shareholders, saying it exceeded its 2017 target for portfolio acquisitions by franchisees. During...

The lettings director of high-end London lettings agency Russell Simpson says he expects the capital’s rentals market to blossom next year...

Government proposals to ban letting agent fees levied on tenants next year are unlikely to make renting cheaper as new research...

So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Letting Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...

Independent agents’ group CIELA is to launch after all, but now says it won’t be campaigning against the imminent ban on...

The Welsh Government has confirmed that the country will ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - the same ban still...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

Some 30 per cent of landlords may be discouraged from using a letting agent if landlord fees increase as a result...

After the series of anti-buy to let measures contained in recent Budgets, it is perhaps unsurprising that a survey of landlords...

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...

A Birmingham agent has branded the government’s draft Tenant Fees Bill - which proposes a ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants...

Barratt Homes’ London division is offering what it describes as ‘free property management’ on new-builds purchased at selected schemes and then...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has launched the third and latest phase of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute...

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...

Northwood, a wholly owned subsidiary of Belvoir, has made five portfolio acquisitions in the past two months. At the end of August, Belvoir...

A prominent PropTech company chief has repeated his claim that old-fashioned methods of business administration could be prohibiting letting agents from...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has taken the unusual step of making a fact sheet available to all agents, not...

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...

Campaigning lettings agency chief Ajay Jagota says he is unconvinced by government plans to make it a criminal offence for letting...

The controversial consultation period undertaken by the government in support of its proposed ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants...

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The private rental sector is likely to benefit as a result of first time buyers’ lack of understanding of the timings,...

The draft Bill to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants has been published - it’s to be called the Tenants’...

A family-run lettings agency says its viability is seriously threatened by the likely fees ban to be introduced in 2018 -...

In the past 20 years the UK private rental sector has exploded! The sector has grown from under 10% of housing...

A rental investment platform is claiming to have succeeded with the world’s largest property crowdfunding exercise, raising £2,992,800. Property Partner says it...

MPs from the cross-party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness have spoken out on the need to help homeless people into the...

Build To Rent developer Be says it is moving to a no-fees model for its development at Hayes in west London....

  At Rent4sure we understand the challenges and increasing responsibilities that face every letting agent right now. With government plans for an outright...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...

Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...

A London letting agency with connections to Westminster council is now being investigated by the same council’s trading standards department. CityWest Homes...

The private rental sector in Wales is at risk of contracting next year, warns the Residential Landlords’ Association.   RLA Wales policy officer...

A leading buy to let expert is calling on agents to work more closely with landlords and tenants to improve communications...

Online lettings agency Upad says that with the volume of purpose-built student accommodation set to increase 17 per cent this year,...

Pressure from the consumer lobby is building for the introduction of a ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants -...

Letting Agent Today understands that senior industry figures are working on the framework of a new attempt at regulation, including measures...

An estate agency in Bournemouth has amended an advertisement after a complaint to a watchdog about the absence of any reference...

Letting agents are being warned that they can minimise the impact of the fees ban levied on tenants by being proactive...

Trading Standards says representatives from 15 departments will today visit lettings and property management firms across London in a bid to...

Repairs software provider Fixflo has issued its annual state-of-the-lettings-industry report - with fees the biggest concern to letting agents.   Some 42 per...

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...

The Nationwide Building Society says it is assembling what it calls ‘an industry alliance’ to support the increasingly-beleaguered private rental sector.   The...

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

Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...

A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges.    Back in 2015 Camden...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

The majority of landlords still believe that a cap on letting agent fees will be more effective than an outright ban,...

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...

The government is being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to do more to enforce compulsory fee disclosure. Since May 2015,...

Belvoir, the UK's largest property franchise group, has reported an increase in profit and revenue in the first six months of...

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...

Belvoir has told shareholders and the City that it now has 57,637 lettings units under management following the addition of 1,310...

An attempt by a Labour council to encourage letting agencies to get ahead of the curve and scrap fees for tenants...

A new Build To Rent scheme from specialist developer Get Living is to charge from £410 a week for units at...

A leading trade body says a cap on damage deposits paid by tenants - as proposed by the government - could...

The Welsh Government’s communities and children secretary, Carl Sargeant, is calling on tenants to have their say on proposals to ban...

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...