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Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...

This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...

Foxtons has lost an appeal against the £35,000 fine it was hit with at the end of last year.  The agency was...

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

Two of the leaders of PropTech company Goodlord have revealed some of the issues that this month drove the company to...

The troubled PropTech firm Goodlord - which creates software to allow tenancies to be handled on a single system - has...

Letting Agent Today understands that Foxtons has been asked to appear at a hearing staged by a London council to prove...

Foxtons insists the London rental market may now be in recovery mode with 9.2 prospective tenants per property registered in the third...

Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe...

Kitemark-style scheme SAFEagent is calling on the government to ensure plans to make Client Money Protection schemes mandatory are not ignored...

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

Foxtons reports that average rents continued to fall across many parts of the capital in the second quarter of this year,...

Knight Frank has recruited Neil Cunningham to become head of South West London and Home Counties lettings, overseeing the performance of...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...

The number of people committing to tenancies for two years or more is declining according to new data released by Foxtons.   In...

High-end London agency Glentree International has expanded its lettings team by recruiting a former Foxtons agent as its senior negotiator.  Freddie Gershinson,...

A branch of Foxtons has been fined £2,500 for failing to properly describe a fee charged to tenants.    The agency was caught...

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

A law firm called CaseHub says it is launching a “once-in-a-generation fight back against extortionate letting agent practices” in the shape of...

An online platform aiming to link letting agents with tenants and landlords has raised £2m and now promises to use it...

VanHan, the prime London agency run by Rory Penn and Thomas van Straubenzee, has set up a lettings and management division...

The London legal firm Leigh Day - which last week announced it was leading a legal action on behalf of 55...

Foxtons has been served with a ‘letter of claim’ which warns that unless it enters into talks concerning fees charged to...

A fascinating insight into claims being made against Foxtons by a legal firm acting on behalf of landlords has been posted online. In...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on Rightmove's half...

OK, you’re being spoilt. This column is now going to be on a bi-weekly rather than monthly basis. You lucky people,...

This month has marked a real change in the way the private lettings sector is perceived - and it’s a perception...

Prominent residential property and tenant law expert Tessa Shepperson says a class action against Foxtons alleging unfair charges to landlords will...

It appears that the former presenters of BBC consumer programme Watchdog are amongst those participating in a class action against Foxtons...

Foxtons could be facing a hefty legal bill after charging a landlord over £600 to change a light fitting. In 2013 London...

After celebrating its year anniversary this week, Boris Johnson’s London Rental Standard has been criticised for signing up only 12% of...

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...