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The UK’s largest multi-disciplinary property conference - Propertymark One in association with Rightmove - is in June and the organisers claim...

A network uniting so-called ‘ethical agents’ launches today with a promise to be different from the rest of the industry. The Ethical...

The Renters Reform Bill cannot succeed without proper engagement with letting agents and landlords, Propertymark argues.    According to a Freedom of Information...

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...

The first meeting has been held of the Housing Coalition, a new group including Propertymark and some landlord bodies. A statement from...

The Department for Work and Pensions will recommence the Private Rented Sector Universal Credit Engagement Group next month, following a concerted...

Propertymark is urging the government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to support low-income households in the private rented sector in...

Propertymark kicks off its regional conference campaign this week - the start of a programme that’s doubled in size this year. Across...

Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

A planning committee meeting discussion on an application for 100 new apartments in Manchester turned into a forum for complaints about...

Agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in an industry forum on Monday May 15...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

Letting agents and landlords are invited to join a virtual forum for a further update on new licensing requirements and to...

Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents.  The trade body...

ARLA Propertymark President David Votta and Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson are amongst a group of trade body figures who have...

Propertymark’s head of policy and campaigns, Timothy Douglas, will explain how investment in the private rented sector can be better incentivised when...

The latest update from industry discussions about allowing more pets in private rental properties suggests there’s not been a solution yet...

Two senior agents are joining the Propertymark Qualifications board to bring a combined 64 years of experience. Jan Hytch - residential and...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

A new call has come for government action to stop the hemorrhage of properties shifting from long term rental to Airbnb...

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

Your Move, Reeds Rains and other parts of the LSL Group are to hold an Act of Kindness day to encourage...

Helping those in the private rental sector understand the latest changes to regulations due to Covid-19 is one of the aims...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

Deposit alternative firm flatfair has linked with a PropTech firm to enhance its offer to Build To Rent users.  The partnership with...

The biggest awards event in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 ceremony.  Traditionally...

A council is offering a free event for agents and landlords to get the latest updates on national and local private...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Two new handbooks have been released offering advice to the private rental sector on how to improve energy efficiency.  Electricity distributor UK...

The much delayed merger of the UK’s two landlord bodies has officially happened today. The National Residential Landlords Association has been formed...

Some of the private rental sector’s most experienced and respected experts believe it’s almost inevitable that a housing market crash is...

A leading landlord has hit out at a lettings agency’s portrayal of buy to let tax changes.  Rosalind Beck, a campaigning landlord...

The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...

Zoopla is withdrawing its lettings listings from Facebook Marketplace, only three months after putting them on. Officially the withdrawal takes place this...

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...

Reaction to the government’s call for developers and planning authorities to be more flexible in their approach to increasing the housing...

A controversial review website which says it can be used to identify “good (and bad) letting agents” claims that its aim...

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

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

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

Prominent market commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has been involved in a Twitter spat over whether the changes to mortgage...

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

The Fair Fees Forum, a platform for letting agencies and trade bodies set up by the National Approved Lettings Scheme, has...

Letting agencies and landlords must club together to campaign for a cap on agents' fees charged to tenants, rather than an...

The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...

The NALS Fair Fee forum - an initiative launched last month - has now set up a working group to consider,...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has stepped into the heated debate about letting agents’ charges by launching what it calls a...

Savills is the only organisation with an agency wing represented on the first board of the UK Apartment Association, a new...

The Basel Committee - an international forum which sets standards for bank regulations in individual countries - says financial institutions should place greater emphasis...

A group of agents, landlords and other property professionals has applied to appeal the decision to block an attempt to overturn...

A group of letting agents, landlords and investors has failed in its bid to force a high profile council to reconsider...

A final decision on the legal challenge to a flagship council landlord licensing scheme has been set for next Thursday.  The Croydon...

The hearing that will determine whether there will be a judicial review of another council’s landlord licensing scheme will take place...

Landlords have launched a legal challenge to plans by a local authority to charge for licences to manage properties. The Croydon Guardian...