Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to...
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10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...
13 February 2024
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The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...
20 July 2022
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It looks as if the private rental sector will contract as a result of the threat of new regulations contained in...
04 July 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
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Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...
31 May 2022
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Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
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Deposit replacement service Ome is launching a new platform for agent and landlord members. The portal, in development since the middle of...
27 January 2022
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A leading expert on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21 evictions...
30 December 2021
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Californian PropTech firm Trov, specialising in digital insurance for tenants, has announced a deal with major UK rental companies. The deal is...
21 July 2021
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There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions. It’s at...
23 February 2021
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Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...
08 December 2020
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One of the government’s approved client money protection schemes claims over 10 lettings agencies a week are closing. Client Money Protect makes the...
03 December 2020
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Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...
12 October 2020
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Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...
11 February 2020
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One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...
03 February 2020
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A new rental deposit alternative scheme claims that some renters have to resort to high-interest payday lenders in order to afford...
03 January 2020
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Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...
13 December 2019
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The average deposit paid by a new private tenant is now £1,299 according to a new player in the deposit alternative...
09 December 2019
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A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...
28 November 2019
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An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...
27 September 2019
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Hamilton Fraser’s Academy programme has announced its next workshop, on May 14, to target how lettings agents can future-proof their business...
25 March 2019
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Another client money protection scheme has been given approval to launch itself before regulations go live on April 1. From that date...
21 February 2019
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Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...
20 February 2019
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The parent company of The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) says its group companies will be taking a more 'joined up' approach...
03 September 2018
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One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...
19 March 2018
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Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...
31 August 2017
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The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...
29 June 2017
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HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action. Landlord...
23 June 2017
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Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...
02 March 2017
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Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...