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![Agents invited to free advice and networking session](/upload/images/Shutterstock_2454136553.jpg)
Letting agents and landlords are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council. Property owners and...
23 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Banned! Agency chief cannot let properties for three years](/upload/images/shutterstock_1550813543.jpg)
A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting...
21 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: Agents given open access to inventory reporting software](/upload/images/shutterstock_691792825.jpg)
Inventory supplier No Letting Go is offering clients open access to its bespoke property reporting software, known as Kaptur. The allows agents...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![US-style agency signs up with US-owned OnTheMarket](/upload/images/3%20shutterstock_1750387934.jpg)
An agency has signed up to OnTheMarket, claiming the portal progress since being taken over by a US firm was the...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning that Labour will be stricter on lettings compliance](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1746444971.jpg)
Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...
31 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
![Fewer tenant disputes, claim new industry partners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership. The partners claim the deal with combine reports...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning To Labour - Rent Controls Just Won’t Work](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
If Labour plans to bring in rent controls they won’t work, a property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
24 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hate Crime - Anti-Second Home Posters reported to police](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...
16 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
![Freeholder hits at government over slow responses on building safety row](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
The corporate freeholder which has been obliged to fix serious building safety issues at a tower block has issued a statement...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Michael Gove turns the safety screws on reluctant freeholders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket claims parity with Rightmove for new-build listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
It claims that “following a significant increase in the number of new homes advertised on the site” its new build listings...
08 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
![Propertymark back on warpath demanding qualifications for agency staff](/upload/images/shutterstock_112412021.jpg)
Propertymark is demanding equal treatment with the social housing sector. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove intends to boost standards in social housing...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket expansion continues as it signs large multi-branch agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessTeam-400x310.png)
Seymours, one of the largest independent agency networks operating in the South East of England, is to advertise its lettings and sales...
09 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
![Bank aims to support building of new rental homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![E-bike Fires cause new tenancy and insurance concerns](/upload/images/shutterstock_2190390549.jpg)
Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shelter threatens government after big rise in Section 21 evictions](/upload/images/shutterstock_1848201151.jpg)
Shelter is warning that the government’s failure to abolish Section 21 evictions will backfire and that “renters will remember who stood...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket president welcomes latest lettings agency to drop Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Lettings agency Edward Mellor, which operates its 15 branches across Greater Manchester, has signed up to OnTheMarket. This follows the controversial CoStar...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Labour bid to regulate agents welcomed by major industry body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
The Property Institute has welcomed a Labour Party move to introduce the regulation of property agents across much of the sector. Tabled...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Row over government bid to turn renters into first time buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
Controversy surrounds a government idea - floated over the weekend - to allow renters to secure mortgages with just one per...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark backs extending agency regulation and decent homes standard](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
Qualifications for property managers in the social housing sector should be extended to the private rental sector too. That’s the view of...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency strategy change is slap in the face for Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
A large multi-brand lettings agency group is dropping its listings on Zoopla and instead going to list rental properties on OnTheMarket...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark wants additional health and safety cladding measures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning over rechargeable device fires in rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
Insurance giant Aviva is urging consumers to be on their guard after seeing a seven per cent increase in customer claims...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Downturn? What downturn? Propertymark books entire hotel for a party!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark is revamping the big London conference it trialled this year - and it’s fired an entire hotel for the after-party...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New energy efficiency U-turn welcomed by leading agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency adds £1m to revenue through diversification](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NB%20-%20M%26P%20March%20blog%201%20-%20No%20budget%20boost%20from%20the%20Chancellor%20but%20it's%20not%20all%20doom%20and%20gloom.jpg)
A letting agent with a background in renovation has been able to grow her business by offering investors a swathe of...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ queries pour in to fast-expanding Lettings Helpline](/upload/images/shutterstock_1343411174.jpg)
Propertymark is hailing its new Lettings Helpline as a success, just a month after it launched. In that four week period the...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rate Rise Fears return after “bad news” inflation figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_263591438.jpg)
There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rayner’s Section 21 Reform must not kill private rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
Propertymark has fired a broadside at Labour saying it must provide agents with a proper court system to handle evictions. Labour deputy leader...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![RICS tells Tories - do more to improve supply of rental properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Police urge agents to smoke out illegal cannabis farms](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Plant-1-400x310.jpg)
Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Young people rent - “the old and rich buy”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentBuy-400x310(1).png)
The UK’s housing market is increasingly driven by older, affluent home owners with younger generations squeezed out. That’s the view of data...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents - what are your views on key health and safety issues?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Inspection_2-400x310.png)
Propertymark is urging agents to give it their views on two consultations on health and safety issues coming out of Northern...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Factsheets for Letting Agents facing new safety rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Propertymark has created a series of fact sheets to help letting agents understand the Building Safety Act 2022, which carries complex...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb supply 'slashed 80% by new controls' - report bombshell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 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
![Renters Reform Bill teach-in for agents and landlords](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pets and evictions on the agenda at free info session for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Pets/CoupleWithDog-400x310.png)
Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest rate rise ‘could light a rocket under UK housing market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...
28 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
![Rent Controls backfire - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in service charges for flats triggered by fire precautions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
New research from lettings agency Hamptons shows that since 2018, average service charges for flats across England and Wales have increased...
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
![Insurer woos tenants with monthly subscription model](/upload/images/shutterstock_227416507.jpg)
General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has launched a rolling subscription model for tenants’ contents insurance. Now tenants pay for their contents cover...
21 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
![Tenants ‘more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1143370019.jpg)
A PropTech supplier to letting agents claims that tenants are more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance. A survey of 1,013...
01 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping S21 helps nuisance tenants, warns property lawyer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
A respected property lawyer is accusing the government of helping nuisance tenants at the expense of the weak and vulnerable. Ian Narberth,...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent in ‘stay calm’ plea to landlords with Bill worries](/upload/images/shutterstock_1117116341.jpg)
Private landlords should hold fire on plans to quit the private rental sector and give the government a chance to incentivise...
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
![Economists tell government - rental reform will backfire](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A prominent group of economists has predicted the measures in the Renters Reform Bill will backfire on the government. Matthew Lesh, Director...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Inventories to become key as fire rules tighten further - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Backfired! Rent controls hurt lettings as government flounders](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
Research from Propertymark highlights a growing concern for the private rental sector in Scotland. As the Scottish National Party lurches from crisis...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![New date set for revised fire regs for some rental units](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
New legal provisions within Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 that form the latest part of the Home Office's...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls Backfire - rents have actually RISEN instead...](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
Scottish rents in the private sector rose at a faster rate than the rest of Britain according to analysis by DJ...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council brands lettings agency “dodgy” and issues big fine](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Over £25,000 fine for property management firm boss](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent control law backfires as agents see landlords selling up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fire Hazards - two thirds of tenants don’t feel 100% safe](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
A poll of 2,000 non-freehold tenants suggests that almost two-thirds claim not to feel 100 per cent safe in their homes. Some...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agency hit with big fine for failing to licence properties](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
An estate agency has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £35,000 for falling foul of property licensing rules. Green House Estate Agents...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Council using planning powers to try to “control” Airbnbs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/airbnb400x310.jpg)
A council says it’s using planning powers to try to control the proliferation of Airbnbs, but suggests the real answer may...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Second huge fine for lettings firm’s HMO non-compliance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-3-400x310.png)
A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Government consultation launches to improve safety post-Grenfell](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Jeremy Hunt fires starting gun on next spring’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
The next Budget, setting out government tax and spending plans, will be held on March 15 next year. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Activists blame letting agents for pushing up rents](/upload/images/Logos/generation-rent400x310.png)
Activist groups which previously focussed much of their fire on landlords are now attacking letting agents, accusing them of encouraging higher...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents must do more to create ‘culture of safety’ - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fire warning as agents and landlords mark Fire Door Safety Week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/fire-400x310.png)
A safety training service is warning of “alarming statistics” showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty change does nothing to help rental sector - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
The euphoria caused by the stamp duty cuts announced just before the weekend has given way to a realisation that they...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Ultimate Guide to next month’s new alarms laws](/upload/images/library/Carbon-monoxide-alarm400x31.png)
The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Retired agent put vulnerable tenant's life at risk, says court](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
A retired estate agent has pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching fire safety in Devon. Retired Force and Sons agent David...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenants at risk because of delay to rental reforms - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bootcamp to focus on adding fire and revenue to agents’ businesses](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDevelopment-2-400x310.jpg)
A bootcamp which claims to help agents add up to £1m revenue to their business is to return this summer. The Agent...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pilot scheme finds high proportion of rental homes need work - claim](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
A council claims that a pilot licensing scheme has discovered a very high proportion of rental homes requiring improvement. Plans to extend...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Noose tightens on unregulated city Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb2-400x310.png)
One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New regulations could “devastate” rental supply - warning](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reminder to Agents - new smoke and carbon monoxide rules coming up](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Construction%20and%20Maintenance/Alarm-400x310.png)
A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss hit with big fine for failing to produce documents](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310-min.jpg)
A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Section 21 and rental legal threats under discussion at webinar](/upload/images/Back-link-images/computer_2.jpg)
A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency director already banned - now fined tens of thousands](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Times names politician involved in rogue letting agencies](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360%20x%20280%20Inadash.jpg)
The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent regulation needed on top of rental sector reforms - Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-MagnifyingGlass-1-400x310.jpg)
Greater regulation of lettings agents, and all other property professionals, is required to ‘finish the job’ of reforming the industry which...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership](/upload/images/adv-2021/60-second-interview/The%20Letting%20Partnership/Cliff%20Thomas%202022%20450x350px%20(scales%20to%2090x70).jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
From: 60 Second Interview
![Agents letting high-rise flats ‘must engage with residents over safety’](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CladdingScandal3-400x310.png)
Propertymark says one lasting legacy of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is that agents letting properties in high rise blocks must engage...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![New tenancies legislation debated at webinar next week](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor3-400x310-min.jpeg)
Propertymark members are to get a briefing on Northern Ireland’s new Private Tenancies Act at a webinar hosted by the trade...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Hefty fine for property company ignoring improvement notices](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
A property ownership and management company has been fined £20,000 for failing to carry out safety and fire safety improvement works...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Carbon Monoxide rule change - agents urged to prepare](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/RegulationStamp-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being urged to prepare for changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![“Blatant, continuous breach of regulations” lands HMO firm in court](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/CourtCase-400x310.png)
A company which operated an unlicensed HMO and its then-director have lost their appeal against the imposition of financial penalties. Gatwick and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![League table shows holiday lets income and capital appreciation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HolidayHome-400x310.jpg)
A new investment league table has been drawn up to show best aggregate rent and capital appreciation income for those in...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax on homes to let is ‘hard to implement, not cost effective’](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Tax experts say that an attempt to levy higher purchase tax on holiday lets and second homes in one part of...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agent writes book telling landlords - “What’s holding you back?”](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirNEWESTLogo400x310.jpg)
The owner of a Belvoir lettings franchise has fulfilled a lockdown ambition to write and publish her book ‘Landlords, what’s holding...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![App’s new feature allows agents to customise questionnaires](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
With the steady introduction of rental platforms and apps designed to bypass letting agents and property managers in the tenancy process,...
09 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector energy crisis as average bills may hit £3,000 per year](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyLightbulb-400x310.png)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to add to fuel price pressures with a typical household annual bill now predicted to...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings firm fined over “atrocious” rental accommodation](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Most tenants uninsured and would pay for damage themselves](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/MillennialTenantHome-2-400x310.jpg)
New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...