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![Ending S21 is fine says leading agent - but safeguards needed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310%20(1).png)
The government’s renewed pledge to end Section 21 eviction powers for agents and landlords is fine, a leading industry figure has...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![No details of Renters Rights Bill until October - expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
David Cox, the former chief executive of ARLA Propertymark and now a senior executive at Rightmove, says it’s unlikely we’ll see...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour “serious about change” and “grasping the nettle” - top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_739797655.jpg)
Labour’s proposed planning reforms indicates that the new government is serious about change and grasping the nettle on housebuilding. That’s the view...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates, not election worry, hold back housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents managing HMOs without licences hit by council fines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London. An additional HMO licensing...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Want your agency to be successful? Then pay staff more!](/upload/images/shutterstock_2198130819.jpg)
Paying staff too little is a sure-fire way to hinder growth and profits, according to letting expert and former ALRA President,...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![On-Sale Agency hosting Election Impacts Webinar](/upload/images/shutterstock_2470915897(1).jpg)
Fine & Country - the agency which was recently put up for sale - is hosting a webinar next week to...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agency bosses fined after HMO licence controversy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Three directors from two letting agencies and a landlord have been fined £27,500 after failing to secure the appropriate license for...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency hails “transformational” merger with lettings giant](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group, which calls itself the UK’s largest multi-brand property franchisor, says its merging with lettings giant Belvoir has...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![The Property Franchise Group new deal worth £5m more than early reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
More details have emerged of the deal - reported on Letting Agent Today and Sky News on Sunday - for Property...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency will have 1,800 branches following latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Property Franchise Group is buying the Fine and Country chain, plus the membership body the Guild of Property Professionals. The deal is worth...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rogue lettings agency fined again for failing to secure tenancy deposits](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
A lettings agency trading as Bowden Property Group Ltd has been fined £4,000 and £1,470 for failing to protect two tenancy...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Timers stuck renting because of lack of understanding - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1007757514.jpg)
A mortgage lender claims many potential first time buyers are missing out because they don’t understand the concept of shared ownership. Just...
29 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brexit and High Interest Rates pose major challenges to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Letting agents believe Help to Buy has been the most positive influence to the property market in recent times, while on...
16 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Guilty! - Fraudster letting agents duped landlords and tenants](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property management firm hit with £500,000 health and safety fine](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined400x310.jpg)
A housing company has been fined £528,000 after an employee repairing a fence post inadvertently struck an underground cable, suffering burns...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency urges second home owners to be Airbnb hosts for tax reasons](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The head of a lettings agency in Kent says it would be a “practical solution” for second home owners to become...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Masterclass aims to help agents dominate local markets](/upload/images/shutterstock_344790224.jpg)
Fine & Country says it’s staging so-called Masterclass sessions with experts creating strategies “to help agents dominate the prime property market...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big HMRC fines for agents prompt Anti-Money Laundering guidance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency has not paid Fixed Penalty Notice in dispute over deposit](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tenant demand easing at last says agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The UK's rental market is experiencing a slowdown says a lettings chief. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine & Country notes that...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards tells agents - Material Information is key so get on with it!](/upload/images/shutterstock_1125678230.jpg)
A representative of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents team has told agents to accept new rules about material...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Long-established agency rebrands by taking parent company’s name](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
Burns & Webber, a long-established name in the Surrey property market, is rebranding by adopting its parent company’s name, Curchods. The four...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent sector creates its own Code of Practice](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents listed on rogues’ database and fined over HMO failures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rental trade group rebrands in bid to win broader appeal](/upload/images/shutterstock_1558380776.jpg)
A group founded eight years ago to represent the Build To Rent niche has now rebranded in a bid to win...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in Right To Rent fines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
There’s been a rise of over 400 per cent in the monetary total of fines issued for Right To Rent offences...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency pays £20,000 to employee for Injury To Feelings](/upload/images/shutterstock_409135339.jpg)
A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Final 48 hours for Property Awards nominations](/upload/images/shutterstock_2232908121(2).jpg)
Property professionals have less than 48 hours to submit entries for the Midlands PROPs Awards. The search for the very best of...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Courts the best way to counter threat of S21 removal - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_509586655.jpg)
Propertymark is urging the Sunak government to introduce specialist housing courts with expert Judges who can expedite cases and create a...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Heating Private Rental Properties - council claims EPC success](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-3-400x310.png)
The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Built To Rent wins lavish praise from property management report](/upload/images/shutterstock_1197102829.jpg)
A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live. Centrick says...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents risking huge Right To Rent fines - free webinar to help](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Webinar-400x310.png)
Propertymark is hosting a webinar where Scott Bailey - policy manager at the Home Office - will answer questions on Right...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Right To Rent penalties soar from today - up to £20,000 fine](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
Fines for agents and landlords who breach Right To Rent rules increase today from £80 per lodger and £1,000 per occupier...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Demand easing as rental market edges back to normality](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The UK rental market is experiencing a gradual easing in demand, marking a shift from the peak levels witnessed in recent...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of permanent rent control proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Breaches of tenant data must be taken more seriously by agents - ARLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
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...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Will 2024 see the end of private rental sector licensing?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned over Electrical Installation Condition Reports crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning agents of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homelessness charities receive thousands from agents’ carol concert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Fine & Country Foundation’s Annual Carols by Candlelight concert, held in collaboration with King's College Cambridge, has raised £21,061. This will...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Forecast - rental market to see “strong resurgence” next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Forecast-400x310.png)
Next year will see “a strong resurgence” in the rental market, a leading agent predicts. Nicky Stevenson, Managing Director of Fine &...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMO warning letters ignored by rogue lettings agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A lettings agency has pleaded guilty to seven offences relating to an HMO. IHomes Letting Limited has been fined £16,970 for failing...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards reveal details of new Material Information requirements](/upload/images/shutterstock_2280558533(1).jpg)
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Super-Rich rent as they baulk at high Stamp Duty purchase costs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty--2-400x310.png)
More multi-millionaires and billionaires are choosing to rent super-prime homes in London, rather than purchase, reveals a new wealth report Beauchamp Estates’...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir agents have access to private rental licensing data](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government announces changes to Renters Reform Bill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ chief warns MPs on need for court reform and more bailiff capacity](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lettings market chaos easing - seasonality returns, says top agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
The UK lettings market, after experiencing recent surges in prices, is now displaying signs of returning to its seasonal patterns. This is...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Success Plans for 2024 promised at regional roadshow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The autumn roadshow being hosted by Fine & Country resumes next week with the first of six dates throughout the rest...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: yet another coup for fast-growing licensing platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
PropTech firm Kamma - which specialises in information about landlord licensing - has inked another partnership. This latest link is with Goodlord. Kamma’s...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents back enhanced Material Information requirements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
An overwhelming number of letting and sales agents back the idea of more so-called Material Information on property details. That’s according to...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Client money accounting made easy with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp_SC_Oct23.png)
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Politicians want to take ‘harder line’ with rogue agents](/upload/images/shutterstock_431846332(1).jpg)
Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency fined for bullying tenants it wanted to illegally evict](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
Media reports in Brighton say that a lettings agency which serve tenants with illegal eviction notices and unjustified legal threats has...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Leading agent angry over licensing lack of communications](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bentley-driving lettings agent banned after smash](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
Local media on the south coast are reporting that a lettings agent crashed his Bentley into two parked cars and then...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council Tax set to double for second homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Scottish Government is proposing to give local councils the discretion to charge Council Tax premiums of up to 100 per...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency in the dock for failing to licence rental property](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
An agency has been fined by a London council for failing to licence a property it was managing. Gracechurch Property Services has...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Gove tells agents to identify and remedy damp and mould issues](/upload/images/shutterstock_2135683647.jpg)
New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fine & Country increases brand coverage in Scotland](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the agency has added a further...
07 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal advice to agents: Spotting ‘illegal migrants’ isn’t easy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental firm’s big fine for repair failures on five storey block](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined200x150.jpg)
The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency reveals “ground breaking partnership” between licensees](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Fine & Country has announced what it calls “a ground-breaking partnership” between licencees Jonathan Handford and Sean Newman and Jack Rees...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Property Awards event announced for this autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
A new northern version of a popular property awards ceremony makes its debut this autumn. The North West PROPS, a northern-focused version...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Arrears cases have doubled in six months - Propertymark figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says the lettings market is defined now by the “alarming disparity” between demand and supply. In the...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investor confidence rising ahead of tomorrow’s inflation figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents and landlords warned over imminent changes to HMO regulations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Agents representing landlords of HMOs In Portsmouth are being warned by the council that their need to be licensed or face...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge increases in fines for agents letting to illegal migrants](/upload/images/shutterstock_1515063272.jpg)
Agents who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark's legal plea to government - ‘be fair to rental sector’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has issued another plea to the government to be fair to the private rental sector - this time regarding a...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another agency inks PropTech deal to handle compliance issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
PropTech Kamma has entered into a partnership with agency and consultancy JLL. This means JLL’s UK residential agents will have access to...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fines for agents rise rise steeply as AML clampdown kicks in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent hit with five figure fine for breaching HMO conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A landlord who is also the owner of a High Street lettings agency has been fined £17,293 for breaching housing licence...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property company boss hit by big fine six years after offences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
A property firm which admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay £8,000. Four...
12 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property company boss “threatening tenants to leave”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
A property company director who admitted misleading tenants on their rights and threatening them to leave has been ordered to pay...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents hit with record licensing fines says PropTech firm](/upload/images/Fine.jpg)
London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Avoid the stress of an annual accountants’ report ... by not doing one!](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/The-Lettings-partnership/Sponsored%20Content%20lead%20image_time%20for%20a%20change.jpg)
We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...
04 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![New PropTech feature follows year of work with agency group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
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...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Three agents and landlord hit with massive fines for safety failings](/upload/images/Fine.jpg)
Three property management companies and a landlord have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Six agencies fined thousands for not protecting client money](/upload/images/Fine.jpg)
Six letting agencies across the London borough of Haringey have been fined a total of £12,000 after a council clampdown. Trading Standards...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![How To Convert from Let-Only to Fully Managed](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RentalMarketImage-1-400x310.jpg)
What objections are you hearing when you try and convert let-only landlords to fully-managed? Because the latest figures show just 18 per...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rents to rise throughout summer - agency’s warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
Lettings chain Fine & Country says rents are likely to steadily rise through the summer. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine &...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge fines for agency and management company over safety failures](/upload/images/Fine(1).jpg)
A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Hundreds of thousands of pounds for agency whistleblowers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
The Competition and Markets Authority is beefing up its enforcement work against illegal cartels and offering a reward of up to...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer urges letting agents to go on the offensive](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
I was surprised the other day to read statistics from the English Housing Survey about how many landlords use letting agents. In...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government told - Stop the attacks on holiday lettings sector!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has come out fighting on behalf of its clients. Following calls by local leaders in Cornwall and Devon...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Launching June 1 - new franchise network of lettings agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Franchise-400x310.png)
The prominent industry figure Sean Newman is next week launching a lettings division of his network of self-employed agents. The existing network...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Law service takes swipe at “incompetent letting agents”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents key to reassuring high-rise tenants on fire safety - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_379104220.jpg)
Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![This is how agents will have to use the new Landlords Database](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given an insight into how letting agents are likely to be expected to use a new Landlords Database. The database...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons beefs up compliance with new PropTech partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
Foxtons is to give its agents access to a compliance management and checking service. Fran Giltinan, Managing Director - Property Management &...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Senior agent warns rents can’t continue rising indefinitely](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/housing-market400x310.png)
The latest data shows that while rents continue to climb, growth is starting to slow down. According to Nicky Stevenson, managing director...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent fined thousands after trying to avoid redress scheme](/upload/images/Fine.jpg)
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...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Student activists allege high incidence of damp and mould](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Mould-400x310.png)
An activist group claims that 54 per cent of students are currently living with damp and mould. The group - Students Organising...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fake Reviews - online platforms plagued by bogus comments](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertySearch-400x310.png)
Platforms like Facebook are infiltrated by fake review factories, despite the imminent publication of a new Bill which will look to make...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Compliance expert slams unnamed non-compliant agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
A compliance expert is criticising unnamed agencies for risking fines “and wasting time and money” by relying on inadequate compliance reporting...
26 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![5 regular checks to keep any rental portfolio in tip-top shape](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/rental-portfolio-maintenance%20(1).jpeg)
Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...
24 April 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Agency’s warning to renters - it’ll be a tough spring](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/NewHomeowners1-400x310.png)
Lettings agency Fine & Country believes that tenants will continue to feel the pressure this spring with rental growth expected to...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Private rental sector housing quality blasted by think tank report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...