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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...

After 10 days of reports of soaring energy costs, PropTech supplier Goodlord has produced a series of tips for letting agents...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

There’s been a sharp reduction in average void periods this year - a sign of how strong the rental market has...

One in four homes in the UK has a potentially dangerous gas appliance, new research claims. Analysis of inspection figures by Gas...

Landlords are being reminded of their responsibilities for gas safety checks on properties being rented to tenants. Gas Safety Week runs from...

A former president of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says agencies should ensure they charge for all services they offer...

A prominent member of the House of Lords and a rental activist are calling for an immediate suspension of all Section...

The latest English Housing Survey shows a dramatic rise in the energy efficiency of private rental property. Some 38 per cent of...

The local media in Manchester have published photographs of a property operated by a lettings agency was found to have multiple...

As we all know, there is an increasing number of PropTech solutions aiming to service the property and lettings industry, with...

The activist group Generation Rent is urging tenants to scrutinise the paperwork they get from agents to use against possible eviction.  Failure...

More students would like to see utility charges integrated into the overall costs of their accommodation, according to a specialist lettings...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...

The government’s embarrassing axing of the Green Homes Grant means there must now be a replacement to help the private rental...

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

The government has been urged to backtrack on proposals for letting agents to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on day one...

A new property identification system which has won the backing of ARLA Propertymark and substantial parts of the industry has said...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...

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...

PropTech platform MakeUrMove, which launched back in 2008 as the first online lettings agency, has secured a £1.3m funding package from...

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

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A new PropTech tool called Lettings Intelligence is being launched this week with the claim that it is “revolutionising the way that lettings...

A survey of 34 world cities suggests that London ranks sixth when it comes to the cost of renting. The study, by...

The short lets market aimed at international travellers may be in for a difficult time - even the co-founder and chief...

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

PropTech lettings platform Herddle has announced two new senior hires. Hurdle describes itself as the tech-enabled lettings and property management agency that...

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

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

A PropTech firm is making its Covid-19 functionality free to use for agents, landlords and tenants facing challenges in accessing properties.  Launched...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

The government has yet to give explicit guidance relating to private rental maintenance, but new advice this morning appears to shed...

Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A typical buy to let property pays over £600 in fees a year according to a new study released today. Insurance company...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

Officers from a local council simultaneously staged 10 dawn raids on properties owned by unlicensed landlords. All the terraced homes, in Slough,...

A new lettings platform claims it can help existing agents and staff working for companies quit and fulfil their dream of...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

Three lettings agencies have been expelled from TPO - in each case the agency failed to honour a payment as instructed...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

A compliance consultant has explained why a local council’s penalty on a rogue landlord - initially £31,499 - was slashed to...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

A letting agency has denied that 'highly toxic' gas is leaking into one of its tenant's homes in Worcester. Leaders has said...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

A specialist lettings agency claims it is the first in the UK to only use renewable energy in the accommodation it...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A PropTech tool wants landlords to manage their own properties and is accusing agents of being likely to increase charges to...

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...

An accreditation scheme has been launched for the fast-growing sector of short lets and home sharing.  The UK Short Term Accommodation Association,...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

Two PropTech suppliers are claiming their new products will help lettings agents in the future, especially in the light of the...

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...

Changes to the Section 21 Notice come into force for letting agents and landlords on Monday.  This will require all Assured Shorthold...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

Lettings sector energy firm Spark has announced that it is launching a business-to-business energy service which will initially target high street...

Generation Rent, the controversial pressure group campaigning alongside Shelter and others for the scrapping of landlords’ rights to evict under Section...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

A Luton lettings agency and its director, plus a landlord, have all been found guilty of offences related to a breach...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...

A self-employed gas fitter has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely...

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...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...

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...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

Renee Wells, on behalf of Just Landlords, has compiled a list of what letting agents can do to ensure that tenants...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...

A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

A PropTech firm that simplifies utility billing, with the aim of reducing property management effort by letting agents, has received £650,000...

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...

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

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...

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

Gascoines agency at Southwell in Nottinghamshire is celebrating the retirement of one of its most loved staff members after no less...

A new online service backed by newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it wants to enable tenants to bypass lettings agents. HomeRenter offers what...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow.  “As Gas Safety Week...

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,.    It says thousands...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston.   Truro Crown Court...

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...

A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest.   Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...

Spark Energy - the specialist energy supplier to the UK lettings sector - has announced the acquisition of broadband firm Home...

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

A property firm has been fined £32,134 and ordered to pay costs of £260 and a victim surcharge of £170 after...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...

Specialist insurer Direct Line for Business is warning agents and landlords that while winter has so far been relatively mild, February...

Letting Agent Today has been contacted by the Council of Gas Detection and Environmental Monitoring - the trade association for gas...

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...

Unsafe gas appliances have been found in 21 per cent of privately-rented flats and houses according to Gas Safe Register.   Investigation data...

A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...

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...

A Norwich landlord has been prosecuted “for putting lives at risk” according to the local council.  Piang Fui Pun has pleaded guilty...

The property industry is set to pledge its support to Gas Safety Week 2016, which starts today. The sixth annual event aims...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...

A fundamental part of any tenancy agreement is the tenant’s obligation to pay rent to live in the  property. In return,...

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...

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

Highly publicised stories of property damage allegedly caused by short-let tenants using Airbnb and similar online platforms highlights the advantages of...

A former letting agent has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to ten counts of fraud. Nicholas Dowse, also known...

Investors and landlords are putting tenants’ lives at risk and could face a substantial fine for flouting gas safety law, according...

A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...

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...

An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...

Around three quarters of young Britons believe they are unlikely to ever own their own property and will instead rent for...

A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...

Millions of people remain at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning despite the recent legislation aimed at protecting private tenants, a new...

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

The operators of the Gas Safe registration scheme and a pivate rental sector lettings organisation are joining forces to promote gas...

One of the UK’s largest suppliers of carbon monoxide and smoke alarm testing products has launched a record-pad to help agents...

A legal expert is claiming that changes to S21 eviction procedures introduced back in October are not being adhered to by...

A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties.  Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...

An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...

A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...

A landlord has been fined a meagre £265 after a defective gas appliance was found to be in operation at his...

A letting agent's life is a varied one, with the profession requiring agents to undertake a wide range of activities in...

Tenant Shop, which currently assists around 1,000 letting agents manage utilities and media for their properties, has relocated and aims to...

The Trading Standards Service has issued a warning to agents, landlords and consumers after independent tests on CO carbon monoxide alarms...

Who are you? I’m the managing director of Fixflo and before starting Fixflo I worked as a property lawyer in London and...

As if to prove the lettings industry’s concern over a lack of publicity for upcoming health and safety regulation changes, a...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is stepping up its advice to agents head of Gas Safety Week on September 14-20,...

A mother and her young son were put at risk of suffering carbon monoxide poisoning for seven years at their home,...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has announced that it has joined forces with the Gas Safe Register to provide...

Some 71% of landlords have not yet organised a carbon monoxide alarm in their rental property, according to a survey of...

A letting agency has announced that it has formed a partnership with a heating installer to provide support for its managed...

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...

A landlord who did not have the required licence for the number of tenants living in his property, and who also...

The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...

A long-time safety campaigner is reminding agents and landlords that from October 1 the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England)...

A kit explaining how homes to let can be made more secure and legally-compliant has been launched by the Residential Landlords...

A landlord has been fined £1,000 after leaving his tenant without any hot water. Reading council received a report of a fault...

It seems like every day there’s a new article about On The Market. Usually it consists something Zoopla have said, followed...

A landlord has been left with a £1,600 bill for failing to comply with an improvement notice over a four year...

Property industry figures opposed to Labour plans to impose three year tenancies and rent caps should lobby candidates in a bid...

Roy Fuller, owner at Everything Lettings’, says: did you know that you can call our emergency help line 24/7 365 days...

Q: What does it say on your business card? I like the flexibility of roles so I do not have a title...