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A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

A high profile lettings agency has had to pay almost £22,000 in damages to an employee who raised concerns about safety...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

The boss of a prominent UK lettings and property management agency says new regulations planned for the industry are to be...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

The Metropolitan Police has been advised by tenant activists and the London Mayor on developing rule changes for evictions. The changes include a presumption against...

Propertymark has welcomed what it calls the “clarity” given to advertising terminology following the publication of new guidelines from the National...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms but to...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

PropTech supplier Goodlord has announced a partnership with an identity verification technology service which would allow agents to conduct digital Right...

A council is pleading with the government to think again about proposals to suspend the need for an HMO licence for...

A compliance expert is criticising unnamed agencies for risking fines “and wasting time and money” by relying on inadequate compliance reporting...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...

Propertymark is alerting agents to ensure they meet and if needs be exceed the requirements for ‘material information’ on up-front property...

Senior figures in the agency industry have backed new guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agent Team regarding...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team has published fresh guidance to help letting agents meet new requirements regarding...

The new material information requirements recently announced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team will be the topic...

Industry trade body Propertymark says no Right To Rent checks will be required to be conducted by letting agents on Ukranian...

The government has issued revised guidelines for the possession process in the private and social rented sectors in the light of...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines issued by...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

The government has revised its guidelines for its new mediation scheme, which it says will avoid some possessions now that the...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

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

An agency in the north of England has outlined how it proposes to take investors to what it calls “multiple viewings”...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest manager and developer of purpose-built accommodation for the student sector, is extending its 50 per cent...

Unite Students, one of the UK's leading student accommodation providers, is giving tenants a rent reduction. Students will be able to apply...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

High end agency Savills says it’s raised over £270m in nine auctions this year, with an average sold price of over...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

A lockdown emergency webinar is to be held tomorrow to help letting agents get the regulatory and restriction lowdown on how...

Another market snapshot from HomeLet suggests that there was a 2.2 per cent average rent increase across the UK in the...

Agents are being warned to prepare now for likely controls on referral fees, following recommendations made to the government by the...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

The government has set out confirmation of the new regulations and protocols that agents and landlords will have to follow if...

One of the most outspoken campaign groups against the end of the eviction ban has staged a series of so-called ‘boot...

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

A call has gone out for agents to offer extra support to landlords in the coming months as arrears may well...

The lettings market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister of...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and protocols...

A consumer group wants buy to let properties to be re-let only if the tenants in them want to move. The call...

Repairs and maintenance management software provider Fixflo is hosting a webinar later this week to debate how letting agents can find...

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

From midnight lettings agents in England have been able to resume work thanks to an amendment to Coronavirus legislation that was...

Three groups of rental activists have demanded the government scrap all rent payments immediately and cancel all arrears - but mystery...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Coventry council has been branded as irresponsible by a leading trade body for allegedly ignoring government advice on licensing schemes during...

Different guidelines have been issued for the rental sector in different parts of the British Isles as devolved administrations get to...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

A campaign group is urging its members to write to landlords asking them to “suspend” rent demands until the Coronavirus crisis...

A local authority has postponed the extension of its private rental sector licensing regime - but it’s warning agents not to...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with the...

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

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The clampdown on referral fees, until now concentrated on the sales sector, will extend to letting agents too. James Munro, head of...

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

A prominent buy to let mortgage chief says lenders should be able to access the rogue landlord database launched last year. John...

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

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

A city council has introduced highly specific guidelines as to the number, size and positioning of To Let boards following apparent...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

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

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

The government has produced new guidelines on setting up client money protection schemes for the private rented sector. They are evidently aimed...

All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

A leading property disputes solicitor has joined a growing chorus of criticism of how Right To Rent will cope with issues...

Almost three-quarters of buy to let mortgage transactions made by landlords operating via limited companies in the final quarter of last...

The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...

Portfolio landlords unable to borrow or contemplating selling because of new Prudential Regulation Authority rules are being urged to consider equity...

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

Consumer group Which? is warning that buy to let investors with multiple properties in one locality could risk being turned down...

An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has been told in no uncertain terms by the government that changes to Energy Performance Certificate scheduled...

One of the biggest lenders to the buy to let community, Santander, is to lower its affordability assessments from next Wednesday.   It...

The range and pricing of buy to let mortgage products for limited companies has never been better according to a survey...

A new online estate agency based in London says that to rent the recommended space for a single person in the...

Paragon Bank, one of the country’s leading specialist buy to let mortgages houses, almost halved its lending to landlords in the...

Industry trade body the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced the first batch of dates for its 2017 training...