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Since the Tenant Fees Act ban came into force, agents have been responsible for covering tenancy referencing costs, whether that’s by...
22 June 2022
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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
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More than four in 10 landlords claim their letting agents charge too much - and one in six has been hit...
06 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Letting agents should consider how the properties they manage can become more energy efficient, says Propertymark. And they should tap into new...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

New research suggests tenants could save an average of £147 per household on their electricity bills each year by switching off...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The launch of a new collection of high end homes aimed at renters aged 60-plus has triggered enthusiastic responses from agents. Developer...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech platform allows letting agents free access to the information required to set up a tenancy and register renters...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

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

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Alex Gibbs, Co-Founder and Director of Built Asset Management...
27 March 2022
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Housing is back on the political agenda with a bang. The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper sets out sweeping reforms...
23 March 2022
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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
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A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
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A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...
25 February 2022
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Agents, landlords and tenants alike face the prospect of higher bills because of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In terms of energy costs, an...
24 February 2022
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Letting agency growth experts are set to take to the virtual stage and use the latest tech to share their insights...
16 February 2022
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Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...
04 February 2022
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PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX. The Lettings Hub says...
03 February 2022
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Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Agent Rainmaker is holding another of its ARX Mastery events, in a bid to promote growth in the lettings agency sector...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the biggest Build To Rent operators in the UK is investing in new technology with the aim of boosting...
12 January 2022
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A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...
10 January 2022
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The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms. Earlier this week the government...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the institutions behind Build To Rent in the UK is pledging to have up to 1,000 new rental homes...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...
01 November 2021
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Letting agents in England with tenants in rent arrears because of Covid are to be helped via a council-run £65m rent fund. Although...
23 October 2021
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The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...
12 October 2021
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After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...
01 October 2021
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Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...
29 September 2021
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There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

One in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance, new research claims. Analysis of inspection figures by Gas...
14 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...
09 July 2021
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The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...
09 June 2021
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As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...
07 June 2021
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The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction. Failure...
07 June 2021
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More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The government’s embarrassing axing of the Green Homes Grant means there must now be a replacement to help the private rental...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
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A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The PropTech platform Plentific has acquired X-Tag, formerly known as Gas Tag. X Tag works with over 50 lettings agencies, property managers, councils and...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a flurry of new PropTech products launched, mostly focussed on lettings agencies. Australian-based supplier Movinghub, which works the UK market...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
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A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...
05 October 2020
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A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The short lets market aimed at international travellers may be in for a difficult time - even the co-founder and chief...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13. Propertymark...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties. Launched...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...
17 April 2020
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Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances. As we start a new week...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...
11 March 2020
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A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Officers from a local council simultaneously staged 10 dawn raids on properties owned by unlicensed landlords. All the terraced homes, in Slough,...
24 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...
05 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform. The move means agents who process both...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech tool wants landlords to manage their own properties and is accusing agents of being likely to increase charges to...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing. The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
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The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday. This will require all Assured Shorthold...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering. Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A Luton lettings agency and its director, plus a landlord, have all been found guilty of offences related to a breach...
15 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A self-employed gas fitter has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News
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Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...
05 June 2018
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A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today understands that Foxtons has been asked to appear at a hearing staged by a London council to prove...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe...
04 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Gascoines agency at Southwell in Nottinghamshire is celebrating the retirement of one of its most loved staff members after no less...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow. “As Gas Safety Week...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,. It says thousands...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property. The numbers...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston. Truro Crown Court...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest. Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
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A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A property firm has been fined £32,134 and ordered to pay costs of £260 and a victim surcharge of £170 after...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist insurer Direct Line for Business is warning agents and landlords that while winter has so far been relatively mild, February...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting Agent Today has been contacted by the Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring - the trade association for gas...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register. Investigation data...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check the gas fittings in one of his properties. A...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A Norwich landlord has been prosecuted “for putting lives at risk” according to the local council. Piang Fui Pun has pleaded guilty...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The property industry is set to pledge its support to Gas Safety Week 2016, which starts today. The sixth annual event aims...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
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A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A fundamental part of any tenancy agreement is the tenant’s obligation to pay rent to live in the property. In return,...
30 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content

A 35-year-old self-employed worker from London has been given two suspended jail terms for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe Registered and signing off certificates for privately...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A former letting agent has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to ten counts of fraud. Nicholas Dowse, also known...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Investors and landlords are putting tenants’ lives at risk and could face a substantial fine for flouting gas safety law, according...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...
11 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Patricia Barber What does it say on your business card? Chairman of the Association of independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) How long has...
08 April 2016
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An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Millions of people remain at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning despite the recent legislation aimed at protecting private tenants, a new...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let landlord in Stockton-on-Tees, has been sentenced after illegally uncapping and reconnecting a gas supply. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The operators of the Gas Safe registration scheme and a pivate rental sector lettings organisation are joining forces to promote gas...
26 February 2016
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s largest suppliers of carbon monoxide and smoke alarm testing products has launched a record-pad to help agents...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties. Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...
11 January 2016
From: Breaking News

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year. Looking for...
04 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...
02 December 2015
From: Breaking News

An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...
01 December 2015
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined a meagre £265 after a defective gas appliance was found to be in operation at his...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...
16 October 2015
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Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...
01 October 2015
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The Trading Standards Service has issued a warning to agents, landlords and consumers after independent tests on CO carbon monoxide alarms...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Who are you? I’m the managing director of Fixflo and before starting Fixflo I worked as a property lawyer in London and...
14 September 2015
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As if to prove the lettings industry’s concern over a lack of publicity for upcoming health and safety regulation changes, a...
11 September 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is stepping up its advice to agents head of Gas Safety Week on September 14-20,...
09 September 2015
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A mother and her young son were put at risk of suffering carbon monoxide poisoning for seven years at their home,...
07 September 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has announced that it has joined forces with the Gas Safe Register to provide...
26 August 2015
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Some 71% of landlords have not yet organised a carbon monoxide alarm in their rental property, according to a survey of...
25 August 2015
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A letting agency has announced that it has formed a partnership with a heating installer to provide support for its managed...
21 August 2015
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No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...
13 August 2015
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A landlord who did not have the required licence for the number of tenants living in his property, and who also...
20 July 2015
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The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...
10 July 2015
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A long-time safety campaigner is reminding agents and landlords that from October 1 the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England)...
02 July 2015
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A kit explaining how homes to let can be made more secure and legally-compliant has been launched by the Residential Landlords...
30 June 2015
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A landlord has been fined £1,000 after leaving his tenant without any hot water. Reading council received a report of a fault...
22 June 2015
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It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...
02 June 2015
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A landlord has been left with a £1,600 bill for failing to comply with an improvement notice over a four year...
06 May 2015
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Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...
30 April 2015
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Roy Fuller, owner at Everything Lettings’, says: did you know that you can call our emergency help line 24/7 365 days...