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Propertymark says the regulation of agents has come a step closer.   The trade body gave evidence at a House of Lords Industry...

Measures contained in the Renters Reform Bill will fail without sufficient resources to ensure they can be enforced. The warning comes from...

Private landlords and lettings agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event. Cumberland council says property owners and...

The pro-tenant anti-landlord Renters Reform Bill has at last been published by the government which first promised it in 2019. It has...

TecLet, the software platform business now rebranding as part of OnTheMarket Software, has been updated to accommodate radical changes to the...

An agent operating an HMO on Deeside without a licence and breaking other housing laws has been fined £28,000. Flintshire council carried...

Officials from the Welsh Government and the head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent team are to address...

Comprehensive rental reform requires the buy in and understanding of letting agents and landlords from the outset - and not as...

A property law expert is aiming to demystify the upcoming rental legislation for agents at a webinar tomorrow. Robert Bolwell, senior partner...

Agents have reacted with amazement to the latest delay that the Labour-run Welsh Government has announced for its much-hyped rental reform. The...

A controversial reform programme for the private rental sector in Wales is to go ahead from July 15 this year -...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

The Right to Rent scheme’s revised code of practice coming into effect next month does nothing to stop agents and landlords...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

A controversial private rental licensing regime that has already made the headlines for the wrong reasons has now been branded a...

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...

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

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...

An Oxfordshire letting agent has been ordered to pay £3,500 and costs of £2,700 for letting a house in multiple occupation...

A housing law expert says landlords should consider using not-for-profit letting agencies, claiming they have “no big overheads” and have a...