Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
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08 December 2020
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A property company that owns and manages premises occupied by a politician has returned some £10,000 in furlough money received under...
09 November 2020
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The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...
04 August 2020
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A foundation which receives substantial funding from trade unions and a charity linked to the Nationwide is calling for rents to...
15 May 2020
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A consumer charity has been blasted by a landlords' trade body for making “irresponsible” claims about tenants and the Coronavirus crisis. Research...
01 May 2020
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A campaign group that has held protests outside letting agents’ branches and has been fiercely critical of fees, says it’s seen a...
16 January 2020
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A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...
13 January 2020
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A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...
12 November 2019
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The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...
18 July 2019
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The management company of a private New York City rental apartment complex is to install a facial recognition system which must...
31 May 2019
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An online lettings agency that has been operating for 12 years has now opened a High Street office. Nantwich-based LetLord, founded in...
29 May 2019
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Foxtons has been named as one of almost 100 firms which will be highlighted for failing to boost the number of...
14 May 2019
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The scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers has been welcomed by the London Assembly - but apparently it doesn’t go far...
17 April 2019
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A Freedom of Information request by The Guardian newspaper has produced the startling admission from government that not even one landlord...
17 April 2019
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Labour’s proposal to introduce indefinite tenancies along the lines in a bid to emulate the German model reveals the party’s “fundamental...
14 March 2019
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TV property pundit Phil Spencer, who now runs property advice site MoveIQ, says letting agents may introduce new administration fees on...
29 January 2019
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There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...
24 January 2019
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A council accused of paying over £500,000 to a landlord it had already ruled as unfit to rent out property is...
22 January 2019
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Embattled London Labour mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants rent controls to be introduced in the capital’s private rental sector, but...
12 December 2018
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The Labour MP who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in the House of Commons is pressing the government...
06 November 2018
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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has made a clear pledge to tighten regulations surrounding the private rental sector. In an interview with The...
31 October 2018
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The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...
26 October 2018
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A London council has fined a letting agency over £10,000 for failing to install smoke alarms in a rental property. Waltham Forest...
05 September 2018
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The University of Surrey’s in-house private lettings agency has won a gong at the Guardian University Awards 2018. The ‘Student Experience’ award...
27 April 2018
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Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...
22 November 2017
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Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector. In...
20 September 2017
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Two board members of Shelter who have links with the Grenfell Towers fire tragedy have resigned, according to a report in...
26 June 2017
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Campaign group Generation Rent has provided material to The Guardian newspaper suggesting that a typical two-adult household is being charged letting agents’...
02 June 2017
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The founder of a PropTech start up called No Agent says despite his firm’s name he does not want to see...
09 May 2017
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Hybrid agency Purplebricks has entered the debate over the £835.38p reportedly charged by a branch of Winkworth when it changed the...
20 April 2017
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The Guardian has accused a branch of Winkworth letting agency in south London of “grubby overcharging” for allegedly asking a new...
18 April 2017
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Controversial Labour MP Stella Creasy has presented her annual awards to estate and letting agents in her London constituency of Walthamstow...
05 April 2017
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A damning critique of the one-year-old Right To Rent legislation in England suggests that the government is largely unaware of its...
02 February 2017
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Britain’s biggest buy to let landlord, Fergus Wilson, says new investors now will never be able to enjoy the scale of...
12 December 2016
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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...
27 June 2016
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It started off as an idea from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to become Labour leader but today it’s being backed by a...
13 June 2016
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The most common reason people give for not writing a will is that they “haven’t got around to it yet”. Sound...
07 April 2016
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An outspoken attack on Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal measures against the private rental sector have questioned whether he is really a...
04 April 2016
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The financial editor of The Guardian newspaper claims that - despite widespread criticism within the lettings industry of the latest buy...
31 March 2016
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The Guardian newspaper has taken a perhaps-predictable swipe at letting agents and property portals for the way in which they display...
29 March 2016
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An industry body has asked classified listings online service Gumtree to issue its users clear warnings about possible scams involving fake...
19 February 2016
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A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...
27 January 2016
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Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
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Fergus and Judith Wilson, regarded as Britain’s biggest buy to let landlords, are reported to have sold their empire of hundreds...
10 December 2015
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A letting agent featured on a BBC Watchdog ‘Rogue Traders’ show has told a local newspaper that he is pursuing legal...
23 November 2015
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Letting Agent Today last week reported on Lancaster Property Network Management when it went into voluntary liquidation - now the agency...
23 October 2015
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It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...
19 October 2015
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The manager of a Lancaster letting agency dealing chiefly with students says he will co-operate with any police investigation into his...
16 October 2015
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Government proposals forcing agents and landlords to check the immigration status of tenants risk a serious breach of human rights according...
13 October 2015
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Landlords may be mistakenly claiming back VAT they are not entitled to because of an error by a local council. The Croydon...
28 September 2015
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The country’s biggest buy to let landlord is to raise rents by up to 33 per cent, and puts the blame...
14 September 2015
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A letting agent who fled Britain to India, leaving landlords and tenants out of pocket and his staff’s wages unpaid, has...
04 September 2015
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David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and one of Labour's prospective candidates for next year's London mayoral election, has warned that the...
21 August 2015
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In the nine months since new Right To Rent immigration checks have been implemented across the West Midlands only seven landlords...
10 August 2015
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Campaigning charity Shelter appears for the first time to have acnowledged that rent caps may backfire and end up harming tenants...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...
03 July 2015
From: Features

Landlords have launched a legal challenge to plans by a local authority to charge for licences to manage properties. The Croydon Guardian...
02 July 2015
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The new shadow chancellor has said that he is against a ‘crack down’ on letting agencies and rent controls. Labour’s Chris Leslie,...
02 June 2015
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A former Andrews letting agent and his ex-girlfriend are reported to have pleaded guilty to forging tenancy applications for properties which...