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Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...

A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...

A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...

Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods.  The four...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...

There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards.  The search for the very best of...

Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...

Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...

The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...

The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...

ARLA Propertymark has urged letting agents to take breaches of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s  data protection principle regarding GDPR seriously.   The call comes...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

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

The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...

Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...

A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...

Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...

More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns.  This is...

The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...

PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord.  Kamma’s...

An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details.  That’s according to...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

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

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

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

Local media on the south coast are reporting that a lettings agent crashed his Bentley into two parked cars and then...

The Scottish Government is proposing to give local councils the discretion to charge Council Tax premiums of up to 100 per...

An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the  agency has added a further...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...

A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...

A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...

Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...

Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...

PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...

The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...

A landlord who is also the owner of a High Street lettings agency has been fined £17,293 for breaching housing licence...

A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...

A property company director who admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay...

London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

A new PropTech product is being launched today following a year of research involving the Leaders Romans Group. Inventory Hive’s new diary-management/maps...

Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

Six letting agencies across the London borough of Haringey have been fined a total of £12,000 after a council clampdown. Trading Standards...

What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...

Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...

A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...

I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...

A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...

The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents.  The existing network...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...

Propertymark has given an insight into how letting agents are likely to be expected to use a new Landlords Database. The database...

Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...

The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down.  According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...

A £5,000 fine has been upheld against a landlord who failed to declare himself as a property agent and did not join a mandatory...

An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...

Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...

A compliance expert is criticising unnamed agencies for risking fines “and wasting time and money” by relying on inadequate compliance reporting...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...

Annual staff turnover in the property industry is nearing 30 per cent according to a survey by online agency Nested.  The most...

A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running...

Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...

Veteran UK actor Rupert Everett, a star in Hollywood movies for over 40 years, is to voice radio adverts for Fine...

It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

After announcing a new license in Southwark and Camberwell earlier this month Fine & Country is now expanding further in London...

The government has taken the first step to introducing a mandatory ombudsman scheme which private landlords must join. This is effectively the...

A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...

The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...

Fine & Country is expanding its brand in London. An existing agency serving Southwark, Peckham Rye, and Camberwell is to take on...

A council is set to renew its war on To Let boards. In summer 2018, Leciester council brought into effect a new...

The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Trading Standards is reminding letting agents of their legal obligation to protect money they are holding on behalf of a client...

The latest restrictions imposed on holiday lets by a UK government are hurting local economies. The Welsh Government has confirmed there will...

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

There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...