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The Labour-run London Assembly says it is concerned about government plans to allow landlords to house asylum seekers for two years without...

PropTech supplier The Lettings Hub has launched a new Tenancy Compliance service through its pre-tenancy progression software, BOX.  The Lettings Hub says...

A PropTech firm is pledging its new service allows agents to complete identity checks, upload the necessary documentation to let their...

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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